Robots Should Not Be Allowed To Change Shapes
The best thing you can say about robots is that they look like robots. They are easily identifiable as robots, and once identified their threat can be assessed and they can be deactivated or destroyed as needed. Oh sure, some robots might look a whole lot like human beings, but we have tests we can use to determine if a thing is really a person or a robot.
Unfortunately, this situation might change in the future if those mad scientists at Carnegie Mellon have their way. Researchers there are working on shape-shifting robots, actually swarms of smaller bug bots that can cling together in various combinations to create large-scale objects.
Imagine the chaos if suddenly we were thrust into a world where every object surrounding us could potentially be a robot. You would have to be suspicious of everything you came into contact with: buildings, furniture, shopping carts. Heck, your own pet dog might turn out to be a shape-shifting robot.
So please do not make robots that can change shape. A frightened world pleads with you.
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