Futurology Enthusiasts Mugs

A traffic jam on a road signposted to 'Progress'.

"Why bother?"

Dr. Roo.

"Ralph's smart car not only drives better than he does, it also works better. So we fired him and hired the car."

Robot Jogger

'It says our line printer is obsolete our remote terminal is obsolete, and I'm afraid, we're obsolete.'

"If you could change just one thing about yourself, what would it be?" "I’d totally wish to have my brain put into a robot body." "That way I could live forever. Imagine living long enough to buy an iPhone 7000." "Wrong answer. An alpha male never lets on that he’s concerned about his mortality. Your answer should have been 'nothing.'" "The alpha male or female is not afraid of death, little buddy." "I think I’d rather wait for the 7000–S." "Stop it."

Andrew, the wedding usher from the future.

"Reports that AI is planning a world takeover are greatly exaggerated."

'I see you in five years from now, you're still coming to see me. Do you want me to book the appointments in advance?'

"Elon Musk is buying rope and walnuts."

"Why are all of your answers so mechanical?"

"I take back everything bad I said about AI."

The Problem with World Population Growth

Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

"Take me to your thought leader."

"The difference between us and them is...they can be reproduced by unskilled labour."

"We don't have a cloaking device for our ship, but we've made it look like a banner ad. They won't see us."

'I used to trade in futures until I learned the planet doesn't have one.'

"What the hell happened to this town?"

Robot Waiter

'All I did was to connect an artificial heart to artificial legs, to an artificial kidney, to...'

AI

"I wonder what our self-cooking kitchen has for us today."

"Go ahead. Click on 'I Am Not A Robot.' I dare you."

"When they said I'd been replaced by A.I. I'd imagined something more SOPHISTICATED!"

'Of course he reminds you of yourself at his age -- he's your clone.'

Boss, are you into science fiction? Of course, minion. "Blade Runner," "Alien," "Cloud Atlas," "Continuum," "Robocop"

"I am your bot server. Page me by phone and tip me in bitcoins."

The Very Bad Plot of a Very Bad Ecological Thriller

"Hey, this is a big gamble for us, too. We've never hired a genetically-modified vegetable before!"

"And then around 40,000 years ago, we lost the fleshy appendage. . ."

My wife is the inspiration behind the light speed spaceship - the longer I'm married, the more I want to be the first human who lives on Mars.

"They've found a design fault!"

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'