Could robotics/AI help us in the near future?

[suffering]

I would love to have a robot-hitman that I can set up to shoot me.

 

[Alan James]

I hope sometimes in future something like a 3D printer for drugs will appear: imagine that you can download from internet chemical formula or something and print N at home.

For example:

Four Thieves Vinegar Collective - Wikipedia

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The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is an anarchist biohacking group founded in 2015 by Michael Laufer. They have published instructions for the "EpiPencil", an epinephrine autoinjector, and the "Apothecary MicroLab", a do-it-yourself (DIY) device intended to make a variety of medications, most notably pyrimethamine (Daraprim). They have been widely criticized by the medical community for causing potential harm to patients with the DIY instructions, but Laufer defends people's right to attempt their own medical treatment.

Four Thieves Vinegar Collective – Harm Reduction for the Living

Right to Repair –for Your Body. The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is an anarchist collective dedicated to bringing access to medicines and medical technologies to those who need them but don’t have them. Get the Goods, Get Started. Microlab Suite The MicroLab is a DIY automated chemical...

fourthievesvinegar.org

What if write them about N?

 

[aspx]

Could? Yes. Will it help us? Probably, it depends on who's got the power.
Bonus: in theory, you could set up a robot to go out and kill everyone. I say in theory because it would need a lot of computational power and a good AI to move it (see Boston Dynamics).

 

[GeorgeJL]

Won't work unless you hack it to do things the are pre-programmed not to do.

 

[Honigwaffel]

Would be very interesting. A Robot would remove the risk of failing so many fear. For example shooting twice after the first bullet failed for some reason.

I see no reason why it would not be possible. We already got the technology needed (Look at the sensors in a self-driving audi). However you would have to build and program it on your own.

 

[EddieAllenPoe]

I'm certain that somewhere in the 31st century they'll have convenient suicide booths on every corner.