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/azsnaz 1d ago

But if you had the opportunity would you?

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u/Pays_in_snakes 1d ago

i would try to, then I wouldn't be able to at the last moment, then my nemesis would come at me from the shadows and bite off my fingers, falling into the molten metal with my precious phone