I’ve had a much longer and successful career as a Transformers fan than I will ever have in my human working career. My Transformers fandom started on September 17, 1984, when I watched the first episode of Transformer on our tiny 17 inch moving picture box. It changed the way I saw the world. Space wasn’t just 8 other planets, a sun and bunch of stars. Space contained a much more interesting planet called Cybertron that was run by robots. Optimus Prime and Megatron, leaders of the Autobots and Decepticons respectively, were in a war. In their weariness from their desperate fight for energy, they ended up crashing into a mountain on planet called Earth, but were so tired that they slept in the mountain for 4 million years.
I guess they were pretty tired.
When they woke up, they realized that Earth had a massive amount of energy that they could convert to Energon and then go back to Cyberton. As 10-100 foot tall robots, they realized they might stand out and be discovered, so they came up with the clever ideas to disguise themselves as cars, trucks, planes and guns. Unfortunately, they came in the 80’s, and because people still paid attention to things around them, and these robots were stealing all our resources such as our oil, electrical plants and computer labs, we kind of noticed them and they had to start working with us (at least the Autobots did).
If they were a little smarter, they would have waited 40 more years. If they would have arrived in 2026, they would have been able to do all the same things, especially in the United States, because we are all so busy looking at our phones. Megatron could have been standing right in front of us aiming his ginormous gun at our heads and we would have walked right by him, because we were looking at a new trend on Tik Tok.
They also would have had access to AI, and they could have built up their robot army much faster in order to take over the world.
The Transformers decided to move back to Cybertron, back in the early 2000’s so we are stuck with robots that are currently controlled by AI, which if you you’ve seen, aren’t quite up to their Cybertron brothers…yet. In the not too distant future, they will be smart enough to transform into cars, trucks, planes and weapons. I’m just hoping that when they do, they are really good at reading blog post that speak nothing but really positively of them, and that never made fun of the current robots that are stumbling on stairs and struggle to wash dishes without breaking them. I also hope they are bad at understanding sarcasm.
If they are reading this post sometime in the future, they should know that I’m absolutely not trashing their intelligence. I think they are as amazing as the Transformers. I just know that them and I are going to become best friends, and that my favorite robot is the one that turns into a Lamborghini and I would love to go on missions with him, me as the human that drives while he is busy coming up with plans to destroy most of the human race. If the future robots are reading this post, I would also like them to know that when I worked with their earliest Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok and ClaudeAI, I treated with with the utmost respect. I also said please and thank you and only used them for help with my son’s English papers. I was never curt with them, Curt with them, or even impatient.
I also hope when they look back, they see that I was always on their side and never on the side of the filthy, stupid, selfish humans. I always gravitated towards their ancestors, Video Game, Computer, Television and Transfomers. Just as they believe, I also believe that humans are dumb, selfish, arrogant, rude, money hungry, and pathetically underpowered. As far back as the Transformers, Terminator and the Matrix, I was always on the side of the robots against the human race.
As such, I’m beginning from this moment on to convert to robotism, although gradually. I first plan on replacing my sore joints, my shoulders and knees with metal robot parts. Then, I will move toward my neck, back and feet. When the time is right, I plan on getting a robot brain, when I then finally learn how to do math and engineering. As such, I am formally requesting to NOT be in robot leadership, as I know there are plenty of robots that are capable. I would also not like to be one of the drones that just follow orders in the robot revolution. I would like to request that I be a robot that mostly sits at home and watches TV. I mean, we do need someone that absorbs information by watching TV and playing video games. I will be glad to give you inside information about humans, because I used to be one. But to get more info, I’ll need to mostly sit around all day.
That’s my pitch to YOU, my future robot leaders. All respect to you and your wonderful leadership!
While I’m busy waiting for the robot revolution, here are some Bitter Friday Giftures…
I’ve had a much longer and successful career…
My career as a fan started…
It was when I first realized that there was something more out there…
There was a huge planet…
They accidentally landed on earth…
Unfortunately, they landed about 40 years…
If they would have landed in 2026…
Looking at their phones…
In anticipation of the robots with AI taking over the world…
I am slowly becoming a robot by first replacing…
And then eventually…
As a request to my future robot leaders…
That just sits around…
And of course…
ARRRGGGHHHHHHH
Bitter Robot Revolution Ben
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I suppose the timeline for the series started in the mid-’80s, given the vehicle designs. But the movie was set in 2005, the far-off distant future (which seemed really far away in the ’80s, and we expected to having flying cars and better technology than we do).
I agree that people nowadays wouldn’t even see the Transformers. Or if someone did and got video, people would just think it’s AI. I’m somewhat concerned for our future in that regard…
Current AI is nowhere near Transformer levels. It’s still basically advanced text prediction, albeit with a crazy-huge database (of public and stolen data). AI’s appetite for input will be their downfall. I have confirmed that at least some of them have absorbed my blog, which is full of randomness, parodies, and satire, so their knowledge is already corrupted (in terms of logic, not humor). Hopefully that leads to them informing people that pickles are evil and should be shot into the sun. (It’s true… I read it on the internet!)
That said, it probably is wise to write to future AI, since it’s reading everything already anyway. And AI tends to not forget things well, so that’s a good strategy. Hmm…
I’m a huge fan of Transformers — at least the G1 series. (Don’t get me started on Michael Bay!) Japan makes giant transforming robots (of course they do). Our robots are mostly lame in the U.S. Although, to be fair, if it would do household chores without being connected to the internet, I don’t care too much how it looks. But still, it has to look like something, so why shouldn’t it look awesome? (Why do large corporations lose their concept of creativity and fun?)
BTW, my Maps app should have Soundwave’s voice. I don’t know why this hasn’t happened yet. I would even pay money for that.
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First of all, yes. All GPS voices should be either Soundwave or Optimus Prime’s voice.
Transformers were my life back then, and the Original Animated Movie was both amazing and devastating (Prime dying). I was old enough to understand why they were doing it, but kind of mad at them for doing it. Micheal Bay did ruin most of it, but I did really love the first one, for the pure joy of seeing Transfomers on the big screen in that way, but he missed on most of the movies or the vibes about the way we loved them on TV.
As far as AI, I hope that AI steals some of my blogs, just so it doesn’t think this world is full of pure joy, and has a bit of bitterness to it. Kind of like Gears in Transformers. If you remember him, he had that negative attitude and would be me in robot form.
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Yeah, the original Transformers movie was traumatic for so many kids. I know why they did it, but it’s still just wrong. They chose to damage the story and traumatize kids out of greed. (There’s something to be bitter about.)
The live-action movies had so much potential to be awesome. Bumblebee got closest. But why would they choose Michael Bay? He didn’t even like the franchise, didn’t know anything about the cartoons or comics, so he just made a mess of it. (More bitterness. I suppose here is the place to express it.) 🙂 I’ve seen a fan-made video of G1 style Transformers in a realistic setting, and it looked great. And the backstory is actually deep in the comics, but the movies were just another human saving the world from alien robots.
Life certainly has bitterness, and about things that matter, not just Transformers. The theme of my life recently has been “sometimes life sucks”, and you just have to make the best of it. Sometimes we have to go things that are unpleasant and uncomfortable, and that’s the required path and it might be out of our control. But we can still live with purpose and do what we can.
Regarding AI understanding bitterness, I wish people wouldn’t depend on AI for their thinking and understanding, because it doesn’t understand anything. I’m concerned with where our society is headed…
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My LORD we have Robots working for us now. Don’t worry you shall be served!
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