June 24, 2007: Organic Bots Gone Wild

So we have all these cautionary tales about the interesting ways robots might malfunction given a bit of intelligence. There's even the Mickey Mouse "Sorcerer's Apprentice" cartoon on the fantasy side. But it already happens in real life. For instance, there's the story of the squirrel and the beet root pellets. I'll remember that one the next time I have my wistful dream about an intelligent house full of little cleaning and maintenance and security bots.

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