I while ago I read an article reporting that scientist have developed robots that are able to "repair themselves if parts fail, reconfigure themselves to better perform the task they have been set, or even to make extra helpers". Even more interesting/ frightening: "In a little more than a minute, a simple three-cube robot can make a copy of itself".

Then this morning I found an article that talked about "Japanese scientists unveiling the most human-looking robot yet devised - a "female" android called Repliee Q1". There are two pictures of this android... she/ it does look very close to being life like.

Now am I just being paranoid to wonder how much longer before these two technologies are introduced in the same machine/ android? A human-like robot with the ability to repair itself, advance itself, even duplicate itself.

Just out of curiosity I searched BBC for "artificial intelligence" and found this article:

In June 2002, a robot called Gaak gave an alarming demonstration of its independence. It made a dash for freedom from an exhibit at the Magna science centre in Rotherham. Gaak crept along a barrier until it found a gap and squeezed through. Having left the building, it reached Magna’s exit by the M1 motorway before it was rumbled.

It's all falling into place...