Recently a friend asked me what I would do when the robot uprising happens. My first thought was 'Crap! Robots? I've been training for Zombies!' What was I to do? My chainsaw and boom stick wouldn't exactly be the most effective tools in a world where EMP and hacking skills would be king. All that preparation and I'm still left basically improvising. I could prepare for the robot apocalypse too obviously, but what of other end of civilisation events? How would I defend myself against an alien invasion? I like to think my hours of training in X-COM will have me ideally positioned to lead the R&D and military task force in retaliation, however I'm only going to get the call once every country on Earth is cooperating and it won't help at all in the survival interim. What about the Mayan apocalypse? Okay they're just little guys with primitive weapons but they seem pretty keen on human sacrifice. What of nanobots, plagues, super fast ape evolution, tribbles or the illuminati? How would you best prepare for the unexpected?
When a robot has you backed into a corner...say "Robot, you know how it is to kill, but do you know how to...love?" As the robot attempts to compute love you make your escape.
Its hysterical that you said that because I was thinking the same thing about the south side of Chicago, lol... You get a bunch of robots hanging out in the wrong parts down there and they'll be stripped bare before they can stay "exterminate"... I feel strongly that the areas least willfully traveled by "regular folk" will become our greatest strengths during an alien or robot invasion. The bloods, crips, disciples, Latin Kings, Vicelords, Hells angels, Outlaws, Nomads, etc are probably just as heavily armed as most military units, far more mobile and clearly more ruthless... Ima hang with THEM!
Robots are easy. You just tell them. "The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false." Robot's head explodes.
Dude.... THAT. IS. BRILLIANT! Although, whenever I think of a robot take over I always think of this dude...
This is why I spend so much time practicing deescalation techniques. EG: "Can I get you another [beverage of choice], benevolent overlord?"
