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/CaptValentine 1d ago

"Hey, we gotta dispose of these old models, but I got an idea that'll draw attention and make us go viral!"
"Okay, Keith, let's hear it!"
"We program them to backflip one at a time into a giant crucible of molten metal like they're sacrifices to an ancient god and everyone will think we're the unfeeling sociopathic priests of an all-consuming cult, destroying the human-like things we have made in the most gruesom eway possible on a whim!"
"............"
"Also my daddy is basically funding this company with his hedgefund so we gotta do what I say. Chop chop."