The Printer Was Created By Man

The robot threat grows more serious, as a New Zealand-based team creates a self-replicating printer. The good news is that it's only a printer -- little capacity to rebel and enslave humanity. Meanwhile, the currently existing military robots daren't rebel and enslave humanity because they can't build new robots. But if the battlebots start talking to the self-replicating printers, we're going to be in a world of pain.

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