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[–] BumpingFuglies 19 points 3 months ago

I, for one, welcome our new cyborg mushroom overlords.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

When given a robot voice, all it learned how to do was scream endlessly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I don't remember this one, but it gives me strong "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" vibes. Am I right?

[–] Blizzard 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Like that sun on one of the planets in Rick & Morty.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I, for one, welcome our cyberfungal overlords!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

At this point they really couldn't do worse than us

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely nothing bad could ever come of this

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

my favourite part is that when the fungi was given robotic legs, all it tried to do is get the fuck away from humans

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Employees are getting so expensive, they're replaced with robot mushrooms? Didn't see that on my 2024 bingo card.

But it will happen, or at least be attempted if the technology gets there. You just wait for it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

You're supposed to eat the rich, not the workers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah.... No more mushrooms for vegetarians or vegans then? Mushrooms are sentient now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

They are designing the chip of the robot to adjust movement based on information they can gather from the mushroom when it responds to stimuli, not the other way around. The mushroom is not in control of the robot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

this has been posted 3 days ago on various other magazines

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

As far as I can tell? No, but I just did a search of the onimbus for some keywords. The mental image feels very Adamsish though, doesn't it? I may have unconsciously plagiarized it from somewhere. Props to you if you can find the source. Maybe it's a Pratchettian quote? Or Giamanic?