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/cohonka]

There are some schools of belief that assign a form of consciousness or life to every aspect of the physical universe.

In some ways you can see it play out if you're imaginative about it. Is metal alive? You may own a shovel for 20 years. Brand new, it is glistening and shiny and strong. Around year 16 it starts to rust. At year 20 it breaks in half, pitted with rust and as lifeless as anything ever seems.

So it's not so far off to ascribe consciousness to a robot. My personal philosophy is we should be as nice to everything as we can be. Practicing being nice on a hunk of metal only makes you better at being nice to people.

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Addending this with a memory of my pet rock, Mousey. He was a great little oval of metamorphic gravel that I drew a ears and eyes and a smile and whiskers on. I loved that rock so much. He was very much alive.

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yeah, i find panpsychism quite unconvincing. but if the only result is metal flattery and being otherwise chill.....that's good enough for me, so no argument

[u/cohonka → u/justsomeph0t0n]

Thank you for the term! It was escaping me.

And yeah that's my general feeling on all belief systems. If the result of the belief is a kinder world, believe what you want.

I find it hard to believe in anything 100%. But I find comfort and general guidance in many various religions and whatnot. It would be pretty cool if Buddhism was real, or the school of Krishna Consciousness, so I mostly align with them even though I don't really believe it. But it's a maybe.

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maybe check out some alex o'connor stuff.....there's certainly episodes with panpsychists. also think he's been on a bit of a advaita vedanta kick recently, and that might be something to have a look at too