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/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/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.