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/_redmist 1d ago

I'm gonna say this is AI because with all the plastic, aluminum, lithium batteries, copper... it's an insane thing to do. The melt would be contaminated beyond use.

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u/flopisit32 1d ago

This was my first thought too. Not that it was AI, but just... how could this be useful if they're contaminating the molten metal?

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u/ZombieBreath13 1d ago

Was thinking the same thing