Poll Results
These reader polls were run on the website.
 Will the robotics revolution make war easier or harder to start? |
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|---|---|---|
| Easier | ||
| 4486 | 84.8% | |
| Harder | ||
| 804 | 15.2% | |
| Will the outcome of the robotics revolution be positive or negative for the United States? |
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|---|---|---|
| Positive | ||
| 280 | 61% | |
| Negative | ||
| 179 | 39% | |
| Will there be more or less war crimes in an age of robotics? | ||
|---|---|---|
| More | ||
| 132 | 50.8% | |
| The Same | ||
| 74 | 28.5% | |
| Less | ||
| 54 | 20.8% | |
| When will man no longer be “in the loop” in controlling armed robots? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Within the next 15 years | ||
| 263 | 43.7% | |
| It’s already happening now | ||
| 206 | 34.2% | |
| Never | ||
| 133 | 22.1% | |
| When will the Singularity, the historic break point at which Ai and robotics push past human capabilities, occur? |
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|---|---|---|
| Within the next century | ||
| 145 | 44.3% | |
| Within the next 15 years | ||
| 123 | 37.6% | |
| Never | ||
| 59 | 18% | |
| When do you think the metal ones will come looking for you? |
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|---|---|---|
| Within my lifetime | ||
| 559 | 48.4% | |
| Never, this is just silly | ||
| 304 | 26.3% | |
| I saw The Matrix and the Sarah Connor Chronicles. They already are watching me. | ||
| 292 | 25.3% | |