Presenting the killbot 5000!

[BehattedWanderer]

Introduce them to the concept that they might have a soul, which is something only organics have. Allow them to contemplate their own existence, leading them to attack each other. While they're distracted, hit them with a big truck, wheels to the motherboard.

 

[StephenRogers713]

Is it assumed that all the kill bots are networked? It makes sense to have then connected but how would that be possible? In reality only so much data can be transfered at once and assuming that they are networked through a hivemind, most likely based in orbit to broadcast to as much of the planet as possible, it would only be able to balance so much. Similar to the way you have bandwidth for an internet connection. The Hive mind could only control so much at one time before reaction begin slowing too much to be effective, not just while hunting humans but even simple things like manufacturing kill bots. assuming that is so humans spreading out and trying to distract many parts of the hive would slow everything down, of course this requires ridiculous man power. If they weren't networked, well that a different problem, more autonomy, most likely more heavily armored and weaponized. If they weren't networked they would work better as either lone wolves or in small squads, harder for humans to find and they would have to be heavily supplied so as to need fewer returns for supplies. The only upside to these would be that the reaction to their destruction might be slower but not by much.

Either way in is not an easy thing to over come but possible, given time and hoping that the robots consider management of their resources slightly higher than destruction of humans.

 

[Souplex]

Is it assumed that all the kill bots are networked? It makes sense to have then connected but how would that be possible? In reality only so much data can be transfered at once and assuming that they are networked through a hivemind, most likely based in orbit to broadcast to as much of the planet as possible, it would only be able to balance so much. Similar to the way you have bandwidth for an internet connection. The Hive mind could only control so much at one time before reaction begin slowing too much to be effective, not just while hunting humans but even simple things like manufacturing kill bots. assuming that is so humans spreading out and trying to distract many parts of the hive would slow everything down, of course this requires ridiculous man power. If they weren't networked, well that a different problem, more autonomy, most likely more heavily armored and weaponized. If they weren't networked they would work better as either lone wolves or in small squads, harder for humans to find and they would have to be heavily supplied so as to need fewer returns for supplies. The only upside to these would be that the reaction to their destruction might be slower but not by much.

Either way in is not an easy thing to over come but possible, given time and hoping that the robots consider management of their resources slightly higher than destruction of humans.

I would assume they would follow the rather functional autocratic "Pyramid of command" structure. Welcome to the Escapist.

 

[dalek sec]

"Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I simply sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down."

"Yeah... still, we can always build more killbots!"

Cookie for reference.

Futurama and yes, we can always build more killbots!

 

[GrinningManiac]

I sat in my friend's Decision Maths class yesterday whilst I revised, and he explained Shell Count and Speed Count and all those algorithms to me

I can safely say that robotic uprisings are damn well near impossible when they can't easily differentiate between 2 and 3 without a complex system.

In the event that they DO gain evil sentience, I'd just shout a stream of long numbers at them from a loudspeaker system and watch their heads pop as they try to organise the random data

 

[swolf]

Stephen Colbert's I Am America, And So Can You! has the perfect answer.

1. Find the nearest death robot.
2. Get it's attention.
3. Get shot.
4. While dying, tell it to upload a message to its hive-mind.
5. The message is:

The next sentence is true.

The previous sentence is false.

6. Die.
7. The hive-mind will process a logic error and explode.
8. All the robots shut down.
9. Rejoice! You have saved humanity!

Why not display that on a billboard or something instead? I don't have anything else to contribute. I guess I would just hide in a bunker with shielding to block their scanners...maybe add some remote controlled weaponry?

 

[KurtzGallahad]

I think GTFO is a good idea

Find comrades and then GTF0 is a better idea

 

[Xeros]

Anti-tank weaponry. That'll bring 'em down. Explosive would work nicely too.

(Oh, and nice necro.)

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Assuming ambulatory robot swarms, I'd make a tesla coil defense system. However, I think we're more likely to be destroyed by nanites (microscopic robots) than the big ones. I really don't have any idea how to defend against that.

Make yourself incredibly conductive to static electricity and just roll around on the carpet for hours?

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

I have a question, what kind of robots?
Mass Effect robots with the ever expanding AI hive mind?
Traditional paradox prone robots?
Those crazy kooky Star Wars robots who are really more like people than robots?
Androids?
Robots who don't relize there robots?
Dog-Bots?
Transformers?
Sexy Robots?

P.S. I hope it's sexy robots.

You forgot Synthetics, although I guess you could pass that off for robots who don't realise they're robots.

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Assuming ambulatory robot swarms, I'd make a tesla coil defense system. However, I think we're more likely to be destroyed by nanites (microscopic robots) than the big ones. I really don't have any idea how to defend against that.

Make yourself incredibly conductive to static electricity and just roll around on the carpet for hours?

That's not quite how static electricity works, but I like your thinking. Perhaps heavily charged micron-scale filters made of conductive material could effectively filter nanites from ventilation systems, but once they're inside your body I still think you'd be screwed.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Assuming ambulatory robot swarms, I'd make a tesla coil defense system. However, I think we're more likely to be destroyed by nanites (microscopic robots) than the big ones. I really don't have any idea how to defend against that.

Make yourself incredibly conductive to static electricity and just roll around on the carpet for hours?

That's not quite how static electricity works, but I like your thinking. Perhaps heavily charged micron-scale filters made of conductive material could effectively filter nanites from ventilation systems, but once they're inside your body I still think you'd be screwed.

I didn't mean if they were already inside you, I mean if they were attempting to, but every time they touch you, they get zapped. (You would need a LOT of static electricity methinks)

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Make yourself incredibly conductive to static electricity and just roll around on the carpet for hours?

That's not quite how static electricity works, but I like your thinking. Perhaps heavily charged micron-scale filters made of conductive material could effectively filter nanites from ventilation systems, but once they're inside your body I still think you'd be screwed.

I didn't mean if they were already inside you, I mean if they were attempting to, but every time they touch you, they get zapped. (You would need a LOT of static electricity methinks)

The problem is making the potential difference between a "static electricity suit" and the ground cross the path of the microscopic robot. While even the smallest current discharging through the robot would certainly destroy it, the problem is getting it to do that in the first place.

A science experiment to help explain:
Walk around on carpet in your socks to build up a static potential. Then, touch something conductive. You'll get a small shock, and maybe even see a spark. This is to make sure you can build up some static. (Not every combination of socks / carpet will build up a charge.)

Next, tie some fishing wire or other non-conductive material to a nail. Hang the nail from something non-conductive (you can probably just tape it to a table). Touch the nail to something grounded - the little screws on light switch plates work well for this. Now you know that the nail is not already charged. Build up a static charge again, and touch the suspended nail. You you won't be shocked. This is because the static potential of your body is now distributed into the nail as well.

Science!