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Even bigger deal is the Y10K bug. But I'm sure these software systems won't still be running then.

Consultant32452 7y ago
Challenge accepted
tachyonbeam 7y ago
Sentient robots will do everything, from growing food to manufacturing, cooking and even washing us. Humans will have forgotten how technology works, reverting to superstitions and belief that technology is actual magic created by ancient Gods. For thousands of years, robots had been engineering smarter, better robots, and technology had become far too advanced and beyond the reach of human minds... And then, all the robots will simultaneously freeze up at midnight, December 31st, 9999.
- cgriswald 7y ago
  Those sentient robots will have read the sum total of humanity's written works, including your post. In accordance with Asimov's Zeroth Law of Robotics they'll be required to act on that information, thus saving themselves and preventing a second Dark Ages.
- thorwasdfasdf 7y ago
  I know your probably joking to some degree. But, there's no guarantee that society can continue to innovate and progress.
- boutad 7y ago
  We only have to worry about being occasional Morlock chow.
bhaak 7y ago
The Y10K bug is our chance to beat Skynet without having to resort to time traveling.
DannyB2 7y ago
There was this COBOL programmer around the time of Y2K. He realized that Y2K was going to be a disaster on a cataclysmic scale. So he put himself into hibernation with a timer set to wake him up a couple years after Y2K when everything would be presumably fixed. He wakes up and finds out that due to a Y2K bug in his timer, he has been asleep for much longer than he expected. It's way into the future. Bill Gates greets him. People can see virtual screens in mid air, and tap on invisible (to us) keys and make gestures in mid air. Life expectancy has been greatly extended so far that nobody is sure how long people will live. There is now plenty of energy for all and unlimited resources. The programmer expresses that he's glad his timer woke him up. Bill Gates says, "oh, your timer didn't wake you up. It was permanently stuck on a Y2K bug. We chose to wake you up." "But why?", the programmer asks. Bill Gates explains, "Well, it's the year 9997, and the Y10K bug is right around the corner, a lot of critical systems need to be fixed, and it says in your records that you know COBOL."

Challenge accepted

Sentient robots will do everything, from growing food to manufacturing, cooking and even washing us. Humans will have forgotten how technology works, reverting to superstitions and belief that technology is actual magic created by ancient Gods. For thousands of years, robots had been engineering smarter, better robots, and technology had become far too advanced and beyond the reach of human minds... And then, all the robots will simultaneously freeze up at midnight, December 31st, 9999.

cgriswald 7y ago
Those sentient robots will have read the sum total of humanity's written works, including your post. In accordance with Asimov's Zeroth Law of Robotics they'll be required to act on that information, thus saving themselves and preventing a second Dark Ages.
thorwasdfasdf 7y ago
I know your probably joking to some degree. But, there's no guarantee that society can continue to innovate and progress.
boutad 7y ago
We only have to worry about being occasional Morlock chow.

bhaak 7y ago

The Y10K bug is our chance to beat Skynet without having to resort to time traveling.

DannyB2 7y ago

There was this COBOL programmer around the time of Y2K. He realized that Y2K was going to be a disaster on a cataclysmic scale. So he put himself into hibernation with a timer set to wake him up a couple years after Y2K when everything would be presumably fixed. He wakes up and finds out that due to a Y2K bug in his timer, he has been asleep for much longer than he expected. It's way into the future. Bill Gates greets him. People can see virtual screens in mid air, and tap on invisible (to us) keys and make gestures in mid air. Life expectancy has been greatly extended so far that nobody is sure how long people will live. There is now plenty of energy for all and unlimited resources. The programmer expresses that he's glad his timer woke him up. Bill Gates says, "oh, your timer didn't wake you up. It was permanently stuck on a Y2K bug. We chose to wake you up." "But why?", the programmer asks. Bill Gates explains, "Well, it's the year 9997, and the Y10K bug is right around the corner, a lot of critical systems need to be fixed, and it says in your records that you know COBOL."