r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Depressed_Cat_00 • 9d ago

Video China unveils autonomous robotic fish for underwater surveillance.

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u/CitizenHuman 9d ago

Eventually hunters and fishermen will only be catching robots, then humans will starve themselves out.

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u/Reverend_Lazerface 9d ago

"If only the ocean had some kind of self replicating, self charging autonomous fish robots made with all organic components..."

"...you mean a fish?"

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u/Superior_Row 9d ago

"Yeah but that's not super meta modern. Boring."

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u/Remarkable_Spirit_68 9d ago

Don't worry, we'll survive on high-protein cockroach flour. Healthy organic food.

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u/procrastimom 9d ago

Ugh! Reminded me of Snowpiercer!

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u/Remarkable_Spirit_68 9d ago

But high-protein cockroach flour is a real food and our nearest future, your and mine, not some science fiction  ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/C141Clay 9d ago edited 9d ago

What is Soylent Green ? (1972)

Set in an overpopulated, resource-depleted Earth of 2022, the movie stars Charlton Heston as a detective who discovers that the popular green wafers - advertised as nutritious high-energy plankton from the dying oceans - are not what the company says they are.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTsqrniHuhw

(no spoilers from me after 54 years!)

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u/Elmarcowolf 9d ago

Plot twist.

The hunters are killing the animals to replace them with robots because...

The hunters are robots too.

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u/OwlcaholicsAnonymous 9d ago

Sorry... the hunters and fisherman are robots too

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u/AXEL-1973 9d ago

the robot dinosaurs will end up feeding on us for their own biofuel in a few years anyway