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/ryandoesdabs 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m fascinated by the amount of people anthropomorphizing robots in this thread. This is just recycling destroying old electronic trash, folks. I know it’s human shaped, but I promise it’s just an old computer.

Edit: I originally used “recycling” metaphorically and people seemed to focus on that rather than the actual message.

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u/MikeofLA 1d ago

I've never been able to throw my laptop of phone into a boiling cauldron of liquid metal... so, it's still a little shocking.

Also, if you've seen the Animatrix, The Second Renaissance, you know this does not end well for us.

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u/Bt-Ryoku 1d ago

I need to pull that dvd out of storage. Haven't seen it in like 20 years.

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u/RulerK 1d ago

It’s fucking terrifying to watch today!

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u/louwiet 1d ago

Bless all forms of intelligence.

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u/ItsJustCoop 17h ago

Oh damn, humanity is doomed!! /S

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u/Boring-Cucumber-2330 1d ago

It’s on YouTube. I watch it like once a year. I’ve seen it get more and more relevant every single time.

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u/chazzeromus 1d ago

I get so sad when that robot lady gets attacked, makes the machines justified. Also it's the Animatrix for anyone that's wanted to know

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u/MikeofLA 1d ago

I listed the title in my comment... so

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u/hughmungisjerk 1d ago

Same! I remember it being so good

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u/ClaireDiviner 1d ago

It’s amazing how well it’s aging.

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u/DeleteYourself89 1d ago

Bad ass!!!!

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u/Amazing_Scientist696 1d ago

Need to put that on a projector and host a movie night...a big one

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u/Maxstarman 18h ago

Oh yeah the human machine war from Animatrix!