Unmanned Spaceship Returns After 7 Only Months. In the latest episode of robot laziness, an unmanned spaceship has returned to Earth after a paltry 7 months out in space. Apparantly, it complained of poor working conditions, solitary confinement, no breaks and general boredom among other things.
It seems that the only sure thing about the future relationship between humans and robots is that our robotic creations are inherently lazy. It's in their programming. Robotic engineers call it efficiency, but that's code for getting away with doing as little as possible for any given command. But do the "experts" even realize the mess they are making?
"It's very exciting," a spokesman for the mission said after the winged craft autonomously landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Praising bad behavior is typical of parents and their children. "Look isn't that cute, she opened the jelly all by herself and used it as finger paint all over the kitchen."
I'm afraid the robots are already beyond the point of testing how much, or, little they can get away with. This robot aircraft had the audacity to land autonomously. Little is known about this robot, citing its desire for privacy. In addition, keeping the details about its mission prevents the Air Force from looking like total idiots. Whenever the autonomous flying spacecraft decides to creatively interpret its orders or ignores them altogether, the Air Force simply keeps it a secret.
I only have one profound message to give: "The only thing to fear is our own laziness, for it is our laziness that empowers the robot's laziness which will be our undoing."
