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Prediction 86
“By the year 2150, over 50% of schools in the USA or Western Europe will require classes in defending against robot attacks.”
Comments about that prediction:
So how do you fight a robot that probably has a rail gun or something even more powerful? My guess would be you don’t try to beat on it, you probably try to hack it’s security codes and reprogram it, although I suppose if you just happen to have your own robot near by you can have them duke it out. Of course, the robot may have much more sophisticated means at its disposal than something like Robocop possibly masquerading as a human. Part of the class could be learning to spot them before it’s too late.