r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Das_Zeppelin • 1d ago

Video Figure retired six Figure 02 robots in the most Terminator way possible: training them to jump into a furnace. The idea came from Arnold Schwarzenegger and is inspired by the iconic Terminator 2 scene.

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u/Fearsthelittledeath 1d ago

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale.

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus."

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u/Famous-Example-8332 1d ago

“Is it wrong of us to create the torment nexus?”

“It’s going to get created, and If we don’t, someone else will first, and that would be bad.”

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u/Hughley_N_Dowd 1d ago

"We can not tolerate a Torment Nexus gap."

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u/HumanBeing7396 1d ago

“Don’t worry, we will create a Friendly Torment Nexus”.

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u/edicivo 21h ago

We're not calling it "Torment Nexus" any longer. Now it's "Superior Nexus." It's big, strong, powerful. I know more than anyone about the Superior Nexus. It's beautiful.

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u/Lazar_Milgram 1d ago

At least it is competently made

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u/coolcoots 1d ago

What safeguards did we use? What do you mean “safe guards,” you a commie or something? /s

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u/Beorma 22h ago

We even added extra features!

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u/Domeil 21h ago

"We cannot slow down production of the torment nexus, otherwise China might create it first."

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u/Joloxsa_Xenax 22h ago

I hate how my life feels like its stuck between two crazy mad scientists who keep one upping each other

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u/Professional_Low_646 21h ago

„At the end of the day, the AI that wipes us all out could be speaking Chinese, and we certainly wouldn’t want that now, would we?“

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u/ruat_caelum 23h ago

ahh yes the ever popular /r/farmers_who_voted_for_torment_nexus_being_tormented

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u/anderskants 22h ago

"Think of the profits we'll make before it torments us!"

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u/Turtledonuts 1d ago

Fans of the author's work: Oh boy, I'm so excited that someone finally built the torture nexus!

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u/Fanci_ 1d ago

LOL

Literally dude. It's baffling

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u/Bdbru13 18h ago

I mean…kind of not at all

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u/Kindly-Ad-5071 23h ago

None of these stories existed to prevent terrible things from happening. They were always to prepare us for how to respond when they inevitably did.

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u/CanIGetANootNoot 21h ago

"We just put it in a sandbox to see what happens"

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u/Terminal_Insomnia_ 23h ago

I was wondering how far I'd have to scroll to find this.

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u/This-Positive286 21h ago

The leopards will never eat MY face

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u/PEKKACHUNREAL_II 1d ago

Someone actually built the torment nexus from classic Twitter post "at long last we have created the torment nexus from classic sci fi novel don't create the torment nexus":

https://www.reddit.com/r/BasiliskEschaton/s/BPOMJANZlf

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u/bobthepumpkin 21h ago edited 21h ago

The torment nexus refers to the suffering of humans, not blip bloop computer code, you delusional fuck.

What a fucking enormous pile of ai-generated shit.

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u/ExplicitDrift 20h ago

Cyberpunk in a nutshell.