DARPA: “we just finished playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and honestly, we think we can make this idea work.”
Excited for IRL Horizon Zero Dawn.
Has no one played Horizon Zero Dawn?
Breaking: Company creates Torment Nexus
Now just make them sentient and self replicating and….
You either get Horizon Zero Down or replicators from Star Gate
Onion? No? Great…
Next up “researchers wondered what would happen if they put AI to a machine that can consume humans for energy”
Sweet… early stages of the Faro plague
Years ago I saw an article about a robot designed to hunt and kill insects as a healthier pest control mechanism in farming. That robot would put the insects into a hopper where they would be converted to fuel to run the robot.
I figured it wasn’t going to be too long before they’d be eating us.
What have I told you? People are a renewable resource!
- Galactic Civilizations, evil event choice