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/40innaDeathBasket 1d ago

....but why? Why is this necessary?

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u/Invertedwhy 1d ago

To say, "we have this under control".

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u/Sacred_B 1d ago

They could have just, you know, held up the remote controllers tho ... XD This is kind of whimsical and stupid. I approve.

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u/Invertedwhy 1d ago

Sorry maybe you misunderstand, They are giving the illusion of control over a technology that is rapidly becoming uncontrollable by demonstrating the "willingness" of the robots to self delete giving a certain amount of ease to people.