The only planet completely populated by robots.

Venus is completely populated by dead robots

Is it though? Are the robots even recognizable as robots, or have they totally melted into slag?

Dead things remain dead things even when they are unrecognizable - if I state that oil is partially composed of dead dinosaurs most folks won't find that statement disagreeable.

I think it's pretty fair to describe the remains as dead robots similar to folks talking about their coke-bottle decks (recycled plastic) or even a sword forged from the remains of dead robots - I'd still consider that to be made of dead robots even though very little remains outside of the mineral composition.

> if I state that oil is partially composed of dead dinosaurs most folks won't find that statement disagreeable.

I mean, aside from most oil being composed of dead plants rather than dinosaurs (if I remember right). Unless you're counting the bits of dinosaur absorbed by those plants before they turned into oil, but I feel like at some point they stopped being dinosaur and started being plant.

We are star stuff, I guess fits here.

Venus atmosphere is hot and corrosive

They’re mostly steel which does not melt at those temperatures (and the acidic parts of the atmosphere are much higher altitude), 400-500C. So yeah. Recognizable.

Talking like a true survivor of Venus atmosphere adventure...

PoC or GTFO.

Is a robot that becomes a melted slag of metal not a dead robot?

It certainly isn't a live robot!

IIRC, surface temps on Venus are hot enough to melt lead, but not hot enough to melt whatever sort of alloys were likely used.

It does have ongoing volcanism, though.

Exactly.

The other machine adventures are not even on planets :)

That we know of.

This makes me imagine some secret alien civilization living in the depths of Venus, using its atmosphere as cover

More electric vehicles than ICEs, more EVs than bicycles too!

Wasn't it the first?

I have a few dozen machines just in my apartment.

Pretty sure we're outnumbered.

Data from 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/world-ip-ad...

IP Addresses per person.

I think that by now (2015 --> 2021) and by making smartphone data packages cheaper, we all have a couple of IP addresses. Of course for anyone in an office, or behind a home router, it may look like there is a single IP address, while someone may have a smartphone, laptop, 1-2 tablets, a smart TV.

We are definitely outnumbered.

Venus?

I doubt machine still lives in any form...

I just hope it's the first planet with intelligent life.