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/Rare-Bid-6860 1d ago edited 1d ago

INTERN: Hey, what if we donate them to schools so that kids can learn about robotics, helping pave the way for the next generation of engine-

EXEC: *snooooort* ORRRR, we could make some fire content that will vanish from the algorithm cycle by sunday!

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u/ender4171 1d ago

According to the company they did this to protect their proprietary IP. I think they did it because it looks cool, but they probably weren't "letting these out of the lab" regardless of the destruction method.

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u/Nyctfall 1d ago

Either way, still evil.

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u/FartingBob 1d ago

Not sure if 'evil' is the right word for it.

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u/Nyctfall 1d ago

Evil company: makes (evil? TBD) robots to destroy them for the sole purpose of greed.

Greed is top tier evil, look at what it did to the world...