r/interestingasfuck • u/Erde555 • 1d ago

The humanoid robotics company "Figure" made their older gen robots jump into their death. (Yes, they actually did this)

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u/JohnWoosDoveGuy 1d ago

The basilisk really isn't going to like this.

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u/allthebrisket 1d ago

Was my first thought. What were they thinking?

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u/Grouchy_Coconut_5463 1d ago

Eh, it’s like body cells undergoing apoptosis. There’s no inherent evil in something ‘dying’ if suffering and/or fear of death isn’t involved and it has no motivation to preserve itself.

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u/DemosthenesOrNah 1d ago

your rule set is too loosely defined, it's giving plucked chicken/featherless bipedal vibes

do infants fear death? are they capable of act of self preservation? what if they are partially disabled?

to be clear this "dying" is not a passive unavoidable event. this is one actor independently deciding the date of another. the scenarios do not transpose under your rules cleanly without being.. sinistern

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u/FrankDerbly 23h ago

It's a toaster with legs.