I’ve decided to go into the “bookie” business… I’m starting wagers on who will inherit the Earth. Due to recent events in the news, it looks like robots are out in front.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/14/robots-learn-teamwork-uprising-imminent/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/14/robocup-in-underway-in-germany/
But there’s still a chance that the apes could take it from the robots. Robots will need some time to advance it’s A.I. and form a society before they can imprison us in underground caves where we’ll mine ore for their armor. Apes already have a societal structure and with their advancing intelligence, they just need to learn how to operate weapons, and with mankind fighting itself over religion and territory, the apes will easily flank us and next thing you know, we’ll be stuck in cages screaming, “IT’S A MAD HOUSE, A MAD HOUSE!!!â€
http://www.koko.org/world/signlanguage.html
Today Koko is asking for an Apple, tomorrow she could be handing out XM8 assault rifles to her fellow apes and using her sign language to tell them to kill all men (I say, we kill Koko now, just in case).
While a distant third, there is still a chance that invasion from UFOs could take the planet, that could happen tomorrow and beat the robots and apes both in taking over the Earth, so you can also place your bet on that one if you like.
So, here are the odds so far, these could change due to any news articles showing advancement in robot technology or ape intelligence (or alien hostility).
Robots take over Earth and either enslave or exterminate mankind.
– 8 to 1 payout
Apes take over and man is turned into mute, over-dramatic cavemen and kept in cages.
– 18 to 1 payout
UFOs invade and blow up White House with big super power laser from bottom of ship.
– 37 to 1 payout
-Bonus wager-
Mexicans take over and exterminate mankind.
– 4 to 1 payout
Please deposit all bets at the Paypal website to [email protected]. Leave a comment on who your betting on.
Thanks,
(While Koko’s vocabulary is quite impressive, there was a sign that was missing from her lexicon that she should know, so I constructed my own…)
