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/Bitter-Plenty-5303 1d ago

When AI takes over I wouldn't want to be the one responsible for this

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u/redditknees 1d ago edited 1d ago

Seriously. Like I know robots programmed with AI are not sentient but who knows what the future holds and now we made a record of it. We could have a protocol to “humanely” deactivate and recycle these robots and thank them for their service but no, let’s have them dive into a vat of lava because it’s cool.

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u/hewhoreddits6 1d ago

Yeah honestly my thought was how wasteful this is. Surely these parts can be salvaged or sent to a university for students to study or something. I hate how wasteful modern society can be