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more about #machinesbehavingdeadly more comments → Kaiser-Machead: Caprica 6 winning is, of course, BS. However, people were voting with their hanging chads, so the scantily clad she-bot was destined for glory. I will... more » klaybc: I am sure if any robots of the future malfunction and become sentient, Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg will be there to make sure everything is alright. more » Bigbadbikernerd: I'm pretty sure that 756,000 votes was spot on... more » Ghetto Cornetto: Simply horrifying. more » Wilson Rothman: Apparently somebody totally gamed this. How do I know? 40X more votes than pageviews. Oh well, thanks for playing! more » AmishJohn: That lead-in pick looks like it hasn't pinched off a cyber-loaf in about a week and is dreading the imminent sphincteric explosion. more » DougNix: Electricity can harm you in more ways than described in this article. While substantially correct, as far as it goes, there's more you should know. 1)... more » Kaiser-Machead: That is, until human beings, refusing to be reasonable, boot out these compassionate robots and give the machines no choice, and such n' such. more » bosskev: Sweet. Sad. But doesn't this belong in the Giz special feature, People Behaving Deadly? more » arkofcovenant: LOLz This is awesome But why is the robot (and whoever shoots him) using a conventional fire-arm? By the time robots have that sort of intelligence, i... more » jdale: Once robots have learned curiosity, surprise, and human body language (all exhibited in the video), I suppose it won't be much of a jump. On the other... more » Conrad: Johnny 5 is a war machine, Wall-E is a trash compactor. more » Kaiser-Machead: WALL-E has the advantage of being shorter. J5 can't reach down with his plasma torch, but WALL-E can cut his tread mechanisms wide open. WALL-E's also... more » robinandtami: I'm guessing this was intentional. I bet living on death row isn't much fun. more » Number51X: Wall-e. They both have lasers, Wall-e is a smaller target. He also survived a lightning strike without having his whole personality redone, thus he is... more » -
#manvsmachine
Sweet Dreams, Deadly Machines
Terminator Salvation may have been a letdown, but our week of celebrating the violence within every gadget—armed and sentient or ordinary and household, they're all bloodthirsty—was a hit. Here's a recap of the finer moments: More » -
#bonusround
Wall-E vs. Johnny 5: Who Would Win In a Deathmatch?
The question of which machine is deadliest of all-time has already been answered—but it's the bonus round that will prove to be the most exciting matchup. Who would win in a battle between Wall-E and Johnny 5? More » -
#tgif
10 Creepy Machines From Robot Hell
When machines behave deadly, they are forced to spend eternity tortured by robots like these 10 monstrosities. More » -
#manvsmachine
The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair
Michael Anderson Godwin was a murderer. He was awaiting South Carolina's electric chair in 1989 when he decided to fix his TV set while sitting on his cell's metal toilet. You can probably see where this is going. More » -
#questionoftheday
Gort vs. Caprica 6: Which Machine Is Deadlier? (Championship Round)
Gort and Caprica 6 pulled out victories in the final round of the Heavyweight and Humanoid division battles. Just for fun we are pitting them against one another in a final, championship round. Which machine is the deadliest of all-time? More » -
#manvsmachine
Google's Creepy New Algorithm Knows If You're Going to Quit Your Job Before You Do
Google's developed an algorithm that tells them which employees are most likely to quit. That's creepy. More » -
#manvsmachine
Let's Agree to Never Make Meatgrinders Sentient, OK?
Never, ever, ever attempt to fight a meat grinder. The following photos, from rotten.com, illustrate why. (Do not click through if you are squeamish.) More » -
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#cars
Sadistic Parking Gate Smashes Car Hulk Style
Some machines are so evil that they will kill other machines just to cause you pain. And yes, I probably find this hilarious because that bloody gate is not destroying my car. [Hiroiro via DRB] -
#questionoftheday
What Is The Deadliest Machine Of All-Time? (Heavyweight Division, Final Round)
The battle between Megatron and Mega Maid was a nailbiter, but I called it at noon with Mega Maid taking 51% of the vote. That earns her the right to face Gort from The Day The Earth Stood Still. More » -
#manvsmachine
Why the Terminator Uprising (Probably) Won't Ever Happen
When I interviewed Wired for War author PW Singer last March, he told me that the preconditions for a successful Terminator-type uprising are not in place. As computer development accelerates, however, those preconditions become way more possible. More » -
#manvsmachine
Whac-A-Kitty Is a Case of Cruel and Unusual Cuteness
In the war between Man and Machine, kittens are a toss up of allegiance. More » -
#manvsmachine
You'll Love This Video of the Sarah Connor of Beat Boxing
Not all Man/Machine battles are bloody. They can beat us in Chess. And they can beat us in math. But the drum machines and synths, they can't beat us yet. More » -
#manvsmachine
The Pitching Machine With a Taste For Blood
11-year-old Mitchell Anderson had just finished practicing in the batting cage and was gathering balls in his helmet. Unfortunately for him, there was one ball left still rattling around in the machine. More » -
#questionoftheday
What Is The Deadliest Machine Of All-Time? (Humanoid Division, Final Round)
Caprica 6 is proving to be a difficult adversary. Hotness seems to be a factor, so for the final round we are going to even out the odds a bit. No Yul Brenner is not hot...but his backup is. More » -
#questionoftheday
What is the Deadliest Machine of All-Time? (Heavyweight Division, Round 3)
Not surprisingly, Megatron easily took another heavyweight round over Marvel's Sentinel. So we are upping the ante in Round 3 with a robot so horrifying, just thinking about it will give you nightmares for weeks. More » -
#cyborgs
16-Real Life Cyborg Technologies
Why fight the machines when you can become the machines? As Oobject points out with their list of 16 cyborg technologies—bionic eyes, ears limbs and organs are already a reality. [Oobject] -
#questionoftheday
What Is The Deadliest Machine Of All-Time? (Humanoid Division, Round 3)
The original Terminator was finally dethroned by Caprica 6 in the Round 2 Humanoid Battle. But how will she fare against Roy Batty from Blade Runner? More » -
#manvsmachine
Five Reasons Why Humanoid Robots Will Someday Fight Our Wars
Robots are officially on the battlefield—UAVs like the Predator and Reaper patrol the skies while militarized bomb-disposal robots like the Talon detonate explosives on the ground. But where are the humanoids? Roboticist and author Daniel H. Wilson makes the case for a humanoid robot army. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: How Electrocution Really Kills You
Humans are fragile. Our bodies are easily mutilated by our own creations: Crushed, mulched, zipped. But physical force is weak and inefficient compared to good old electrocution, which, according to MythBusters' Adam Savage, doesn't kill you the way you think it does. More »
