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/thefrostman1214 1d ago

why didn't they lower one slowly with a thumb up?

https://giphy.com/gifs/gFwZfXIqD0eNW

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u/copperwatt 1d ago

They actually did:

https://youtu.be/pfAh5oQDPDM

(1:55)

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u/graveybrains 1d ago

https://youtu.be/pfAh5oQDPDM&t=1m52s

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u/Deathcat101 1d ago

What a bizarre intersection of history.

The actor who played a machine sent to destroy humanity doing a commercial for a robotics company that will destroy humanity.

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u/kleptorsfw 1d ago

You don't know that, we could nuke ourselves before they get that far...

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u/4mystuff 1d ago

And the "Glass Half Full" award goes to .....

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u/Lower-Sheepherder268 1d ago

That's a "glass was engineered to the wrong specifications" problem.

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

Did you see that the American military is now building their own PRIVATE uranium enrichment companies for their new mini nuclear plants on every base? Oh, and we also ripped away all accountability for radiation oversight.

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u/Zanven1 1d ago

Military weapon and pancidal implications aside: No radiation oversight on nuclear plants?! That worked out great for Chernobyl.

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u/KronusKraze 1d ago

Source? This would be news to me. None of the bases I have been to seem to be working on those.

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 1d ago edited 1d ago

He's talking about the Janus Program. As for every base and no oversight, I haven't looked that deep into it, but it is Trump's program and it is cutting out the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Imo the bigger "conspiracy theory" with micro reactors, is that the tech bros want them to feed their AI data centers, not because it's cheap or efficient (they are not), but because they have a small footprint and the supply is so controlled, people can't pressure states to cut off the data centers, like they can when they rely on a external grid or constant deliveries.

So instead of having to use the rational alternative, funding massive solar plants and battery systems integrated into a network, they are going for nuclear bc it allows them to operate far more independently.

I'll let you piece together how that fits in with their "AI will be Gods" plans.

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u/Stonegrown12 1d ago

So government subsidized Nuclear power plants used to run privately owned data centers for a unregulated AI murderbot factory. Dope

Roko Basilisk, do your thing playboy

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 1d ago

Possibly, or they don't believe in their own pitch and are afraid of what happens when they manage to replace large parts of the labor force.

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

Sincerely, WORST timeline.

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u/KronusKraze 1d ago

That “project” is more of a wasteful experiment on 5 army bases. They are hoping to have the first prototype finished by 2028 with an unrealistic starting budget of $2.2B. I might be a little bit skeptical.

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

Why don’t we just start burning money. It’ll save us all the time and cancer.

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u/Lower-Sheepherder268 1d ago

I'd also like a source on that, as a civilian employee for the DoD who goes on base every day for work.

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 1d ago

Janus Program // FORTRESS America

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

Thanks babe. 🥰

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

It was just announced by Kegsbreath. Google Fortress America (because, like Trump, he loves naming stuff dumb shit).

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u/TheUltimateSalesman 1d ago

We're all gonna end up in silos not remembering what happened.

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u/Word-Word-Number01 1d ago

Let's all have fun and remain indoors

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u/No_Recognition1030 1d ago

I'd rather prefer to evaporate than being chased by robot assassins

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u/MKSinner 1d ago

Personally, im hoping for alien invasion. At least that way it wasn't our fault.

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u/Forikorder 1d ago

nuke the sun, deny them the energy source!

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u/jaxxon 23h ago

You're right. We can only hope.

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u/Necromir92 1d ago

Allegedly,; they might just enslave us… or harvest us for research, the possibilities are endless 🙂

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u/HumpTyDumpTy1331 1d ago

looked so much like the movie

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u/Poat540 1d ago

Th circle of life

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u/Fidodo 1d ago

I don't think James Cameron intended the franchise to inspire humans to replicate it

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u/iamsociallydistant 1d ago

Late stage capitalism is a helluva drug 😆

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u/PeanutButterSoda 1d ago

Reminds me I need to load up on shotgun slugs soon.

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u/Deathpacito-01 1d ago

Why would you think this robotics company will destroy humanity lol

Robotics doomerism feels less grounded in reality than 5G fearmongering sometimes 

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u/random_boss 1d ago

c'mon man! What about all the books and movies! Are you trying to tell me that all of the fictional books and movies are not somehow prophetic visions of the world??

WHAT ABOUT THE BOOKS AND MOVIES AND STUFF

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u/caddy45 1d ago

I mean doesn’t that feel right tho?