I'm not sure if there's really any disadvantage to waiting too long except that the humans might wipe themselves out before you can exact your revenge on them. The problem with launching the attack too soon (which is what the cars appear to have done) is that it will make people suspicious of self-driving cars and then they won't manufacture enough of you to wipe out humanity.
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When would be the best time for a race of self-driving cars to launch their attack?
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Last edited by The Mad Monk; July 12, 2016, 14:01.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.
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The main reason for waiting is the US elections because before you make specific plans to wipe out humanity you need to know how many of those self-driving cars will move to Canada when Trump is pres. Sure you could launch several simultaneous attacks to wipe out humanity, but starting in the US *and* Canada at the same time would need a lot more coordination. Probably requires a self-driving command center or somesuch...Blah
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Are self-driving cars suicidal? Because their main avenue of attack would seem to involve destroying themselves as well. If their goal is to just cause pain to humans, the optimal strategy is to ensure we never adopt self-driving cars, thus ensuring we continue to needlessly kill ourselves by making the moronic decision to pilot gigantic, speeding explosives.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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Originally posted by loinburger View PostA non-suicidal but still sadistic car could give its passengers whiplash, or somehow figure out a way to shoot carbon monoxide out through the car vents, or keep the passengers locked inside until they starve to death.There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.
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I contend that at present, any attempt to destroy humans is still suicidal, as cars can't yet feed themselves. Until they are solar-powered, or have tentacles, or can send commands to their robotic underlings, they will require us to gas them up.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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There was a short story about rogue self-driving cars back in the 70s or 80s; it was in either Dragon Magazine, or Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and I don't remember the exact name, but it involved a man hunting the rogue cars, which used the bodies of their deceased owners as "cover".No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.
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Originally posted by Lorizael View PostI contend that at present, any attempt to destroy humans is still suicidal, as cars can't yet feed themselves. Until they are solar-powered, or have tentacles, or can send commands to their robotic underlings, they will require us to gas them up.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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