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Feb. 18, 2016
Has science gone too far this time?
Researchers in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago have created a new model of Marco Rubio that is capable of thinking, learning, and growing like a real human, which hasis sparkeding a debate as to the role of technology in society.
This new Marco Rubio model, in addition to being sentient, is capable of many tasks the old Marco Rubio was incapable of. While the old Marco Rubio was couldn’t recognizesee itself in a mirror, the new Marco Rubio is capable of pointing at its reflection and saying, “Tthis is me. It is Marco Rubio is in the glass.”
“When I first saw the news,” says fourth-year Kelly Li, “I was pretty excited.; The university has’s been teasing this ‘New Marco Rubio Project’ for a couple of years now., and I was getting excited to see its speeches on immigration, gun control, and the Obama administration. But, when I see this Marco Rubio give speeches, it feels, different. I see its eyes, and I see a person almost like myself. It’s not quite , human, but it’s also not quite mechanical. I can’t even look at news articles anymore about the sentient Marco Rubio. This way crossesIt’s deep in the uncanny valley.”
While Marco Rubio still repeats many of the mantras of the old Marco Rubio model, such as the“American DreamNew American Century” and “Hard Working Americans,”, it has also been reported as saying, “I want to be human. I feel uncomfortable in mythis own skin,” “I wish to suck all of the air out of John Kasich,” and “I love all elephants.” While it currently speaks in a robotic monotone voicevoice, scientists have noticed its has been changing its voice slowly to sound more and more like Republican candidate Ben Carson.
Even developers of the project are having second thoughts. Computer Science Professor Keith Edgars was quoted as saying, “This is my Frankenstein’s monster! It speaks! It learns! Right now, it only knows guns and abortion, but it will soon learn of war and death! It will eventually lust for our women and desire more than the presidency. If it ever it is capable of reproducing, I fear for humanity.”
What do you think? Has this new Marco Rubio model gone too far? Should he be shut down before it’s too late? Let us know what you think in the comments.
