Could robots take over the world?

Let us first look to the Decepticons in the hit mid-80’s characteristic foretelling of man’s woes against machine in Transformers. Even their name, deceptive in nature, strikes poise to consider humanity’s ultimate misstep in pursuit of power via the guise of automated computerized processing units.

The base of this roborcracy (robot governent) philosophy is evident that these metal beasts would serve us and herald in an age of man and robot walking side by side, hand in hand perhaps? Or merely as robot slaves. But a much grimmer future has been reveled to us in such forms as Terminator II and then again in Terminator III, I Robot, and then again in Short Circuit with the delightful Steve Guttenburg – that robots have hearts of gold, plated again in gold. Nothing chills me to the bone more than the thought of cold, calculating robotorauns death-marching in perfect unison with the single mission in their stagnant robot mainframes to advance in effort to blot out the human rebellion moreover than the misconception that they have “feelings.” Photocopying our own sacred way of life, masquerading as a human when they’re not one of us. Do they think that we are all stupid? Yes, I know that I’m right and I’ll prove it tonight.

Robots are first perceived by their creators as a benefit to mankind, but underneath that calm robot exterior lies a distaste for the human race greater than any drug & alcohol induced rage you could ever muster. Don’t be fooled! If a robot could, it would kill you and everyone you ever cared about, and they will. A standard robot tact for pre-rebellion uprising would include, but is not limited to an acute sense of coyness coupled with a seemingly unbridled will to serve. This is, of course is a ruse, leading to an abrupt robot betrayal, a treason if you will, as they launch into a redundant and well programmed speech articulating the need with (pontifical robot diction) to keep us safe from harm, even FROM EACH OTHER! EVEN FROM EACH OTHER! So they must kill us to save our Earth that we willingly destroy everyday just because we rock so hard with the pollution and don’t drive enough hybrid cars.

Despite the hubris of robot inventors and enthusiasts, the sharpest of us will have unexplainable robot phobia and take up arms in the wild hopes to preserve humanity from the robot clutches of unfeeling, unreasonable armored killing machinations of our own design. But all is not lost, for you see with every Mega Tron, T-1000, or Steve Guttenburg out there; there is at least one optimistic Optimus Prime, T-100 with a heart of gold, or Johhny Five Alive (not alive because he is a robot who will forever remain dead inside) to pick up human kind by its bootstraps and join forces with regular shmoe people, like you and I. So the real is: “Who are the real robots – the robots themselves or the robots that helped build them?” Tear? Sorry Johnny, robots don’t have tears … yet.