Despite little or no resemblance to Isaac Asimov’s humanoid-style robots or most of those in science fiction, the world is rapidly becoming the habitat of all kinds of robots. In the original sense of the word, I might add. Not in the sense of being sentient, or having real artificial intelligence. (As originally defined, not our current definition.) Nor the current popular and industrial definition of a robot as being a remotely-controlled device. Rather, devices that operate independently in accordance with their programming.
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Climate branding news
I understand that “manmade climate change” and “manmade global warming” are being put to rest by the media and the environists.
The new phrase is “global meltdown.”
It is a neat term – “meltdown,” that is. I don’t know if it originated with the nuclear industry or not. It is used to describe a catastrophic failure of a nuclear reactor which runs away – where the chain reaction is uncontrolled. Not to the point of a nuclear detonation, but to the point of melting the steel, concrete, and other materials which encapsulate and support the reactor. So that the nuclear fuel melts the entire thing down like a soft candle, but one which can take the candlestick or dish with it!
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