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Why Robots Are Learning Our Pain Threshold

Robots don't know their own strength, so how do you teach them not to hurt humans? Answer: train one to hit people repeatedly. That could be vital information for an early draft of Asimov's Laws of Robotics -- or for the coming Robo-pocalypse.READ»

Are Dystopian Movies More Popular When the Economy Blows? Nope

With the launch of disaster/apocalypse movie 2012 last weekend, a new question has popped up on the Net: Are dystopian movies more popular when the world is already gloomy from an economic depression? You'd think perhaps yes, wouldn't ...READ»