Robot runs riot at California hospital

[Steve]

The machines are rising up against us... again! This time it's a robot designed to dispense drugs.

"Waldo", a robot used to dispense pills and potions to medical stations at the top notch medical facility, refused to return to the pharmacy to pick up a fresh stash at the end of his rounds, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Instead, the crazed automaton – reportedly the size of a good-sized TV, which in California means it must be at least the size of the average British garden shed - careened past the drug depository before barging into a room in the hospital’s radiation oncology department where an examination was in progress.

[The Register]

[Tomahawk]

Interesting News Story, thanks for posting...

It's just the beginning!.. Just think the more *artificially* intelligent Robots become, and the more we depend upon them, the higher the risk to us becomes!.. Damn Skynet!..

Definately gets you thinking...

[Trippledence]

Not quite the blood bath i was hopeing for from the topic. But it is scart to think that somthing like that could be operating on you, if it whent wrong you could ed up with a historectamy. Ouch!

[Steve]

The robot was probably angry at being called "Waldo" and decided to retaliate against its creators.

"Where's Waldo now, eh? Muahahah!"

[Yohji]

THat could have been a lot worse.. Like a murderous robot who doesn't like working for humans anymore.

[Steve]

THat could have been a lot worse.. Like a murderous robot who doesn't like working for humans anymore.

Bender?

[Trippledence]

"Kill all the humans"

I bet Mom has a device to control them as well, the bitc#!

[Yohji]

Yeah. I mean, the least the robot could have done was have a cigar whilst invading the hospital..

[Lee H]

Yeah. I mean, the least the robot could have done was have a cigar whilst invading the hospital..

Heh I bet it was shouting " Saaaarah Coooonnnnor " as well

Skynet looks like its true

Quick, less bash all the machines before they get too clever and try to overthrow us all

[turbo]

haha sounds to me like skynets about to go live :s

[Trippledence]

Sure it wasnt shouting.
"Danger, Danger Will Robinson. Its Joey from freinds and hes going to act badly around you. Danger. Danger!!"

[autopilot]

A while back, I was just reading on the BBC web site that IBM's prototype Blue Gene/L machine has managed speeds of 70.72 teraflops.

Now, in Terminator 3 the US general who was in charge of Skynet, said it was running at 60 teraflops when it became self-aware. Does this mean we are all going to die in a hideous battle of man versus machine soon?

I think it just began. I'm off to Tesco tomorrow to spend my entire wages on Spam i think.

[Trippledence]

If you eat lots of spam yes. If you belive teminator films then you might get shot by a higerlifeform, like a rake. Anyway, whats it going to do to us, simulate natural disasters, ow the HORROR!

[Ramedge]

70terraflops you say when that computer wakes up at 70tf its gunna be one pissed off mofo -
<sarcasm>few iam glad we didnt give computers arms or legs!</sarcasm>