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Man Builds Robot to Kill Him

14 points by hhm 19y ago

brentr 19y ago
I can only imagine Asimov rolling over in his grave.
- donal 19y ago
  Yeah, it is a good thing that we aren't in an Asimov book or that robot would probably become the leader of a revolution.
  - huherto 19y ago
    In the Asimov universe the Robot would probably suffer a mental break down. It would be a very traumatic experience for him.
harrybozack 19y ago
Look at all these robots that make up larger robots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Simple_machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Simple_machines
- lg 19y ago
  I think I get it. Well, maybe killing yourself with a robot is no different from shooting yourself with a really elaborate gun. But somewhere in that elaborateness is a line to be crossed; otherwise convincing someone else to kill you would be the same thing. Unless being made out of bio-parts somehow makes you irreducibly different from a robot?
mynameishere 19y ago
and the man attached the machine to a .22 semi-automatic pistol loaded with four bullets. .22 LR? He might wake up in the driveway quite disappointed.
- staunch 19y ago
  I agree it's somewhat of a gamble, but it is an easily underestimated round. There's a ton of murders with .22LR every year.
  - mynameishere 19y ago
    The brain is more resilient than people realize: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3685791.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3685791.stm (I couldn't find a picture of the guy who shot 12 nails into his head deliberately, but he survived http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002945554_webnail21.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002945554_w...) Suicide is a bad enough idea by itself, but the possibility of turning into James Brady is very high when not doing it right. I mean, if you're dead, why spare expense? Get a 45 ACP minimum.
    - staunch 19y ago
      Perhaps in Australia it's easier to get a .22LR "target pistol" than larger calibers.
TrevorJ 19y ago
And so it begins.
BrandonM 19y ago
It sounds to me like it was just a really elaborate, remote-controlled gun, rather than a robot whose AI decided to shoot him.
- brentr 19y ago
  It sort of reminded me of a scene from Family Guy where Peter sets off this Rube Goldberg breakfast machine and in the end it just shoots him. "Owww! It doesn't make breakfast at all. It just shoots you."

14 points by hhm 19y ago

brentr 19y ago

I can only imagine Asimov rolling over in his grave.

donal 19y ago
Yeah, it is a good thing that we aren't in an Asimov book or that robot would probably become the leader of a revolution.
- huherto 19y ago
  In the Asimov universe the Robot would probably suffer a mental break down. It would be a very traumatic experience for him.

harrybozack 19y ago

Look at all these robots that make up larger robots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Simple_machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Simple_machines

lg 19y ago
I think I get it. Well, maybe killing yourself with a robot is no different from shooting yourself with a really elaborate gun. But somewhere in that elaborateness is a line to be crossed; otherwise convincing someone else to kill you would be the same thing. Unless being made out of bio-parts somehow makes you irreducibly different from a robot?

mynameishere 19y ago

and the man attached the machine to a .22 semi-automatic pistol loaded with four bullets. .22 LR? He might wake up in the driveway quite disappointed.

staunch 19y ago
I agree it's somewhat of a gamble, but it is an easily underestimated round. There's a ton of murders with .22LR every year.
- mynameishere 19y ago
  The brain is more resilient than people realize: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3685791.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3685791.stm (I couldn't find a picture of the guy who shot 12 nails into his head deliberately, but he survived http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002945554_webnail21.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002945554_w...) Suicide is a bad enough idea by itself, but the possibility of turning into James Brady is very high when not doing it right. I mean, if you're dead, why spare expense? Get a 45 ACP minimum.
  - staunch 19y ago
    Perhaps in Australia it's easier to get a .22LR "target pistol" than larger calibers.

TrevorJ 19y ago

And so it begins.

BrandonM 19y ago

It sounds to me like it was just a really elaborate, remote-controlled gun, rather than a robot whose AI decided to shoot him.

brentr 19y ago
It sort of reminded me of a scene from Family Guy where Peter sets off this Rube Goldberg breakfast machine and in the end it just shoots him. "Owww! It doesn't make breakfast at all. It just shoots you."