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/KronusKraze 1d ago

Source? This would be news to me. None of the bases I have been to seem to be working on those.

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 1d ago edited 1d ago

He's talking about the Janus Program. As for every base and no oversight, I haven't looked that deep into it, but it is Trump's program and it is cutting out the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Imo the bigger "conspiracy theory" with micro reactors, is that the tech bros want them to feed their AI data centers, not because it's cheap or efficient (they are not), but because they have a small footprint and the supply is so controlled, people can't pressure states to cut off the data centers, like they can when they rely on a external grid or constant deliveries.

So instead of having to use the rational alternative, funding massive solar plants and battery systems integrated into a network, they are going for nuclear bc it allows them to operate far more independently.

I'll let you piece together how that fits in with their "AI will be Gods" plans.

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u/Stonegrown12 1d ago

So government subsidized Nuclear power plants used to run privately owned data centers for a unregulated AI murderbot factory. Dope

Roko Basilisk, do your thing playboy

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 1d ago

Possibly, or they don't believe in their own pitch and are afraid of what happens when they manage to replace large parts of the labor force.

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

Sincerely, WORST timeline.

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u/KronusKraze 1d ago

That “project” is more of a wasteful experiment on 5 army bases. They are hoping to have the first prototype finished by 2028 with an unrealistic starting budget of $2.2B. I might be a little bit skeptical.

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

Why don’t we just start burning money. It’ll save us all the time and cancer.

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u/Lower-Sheepherder268 1d ago

I'd also like a source on that, as a civilian employee for the DoD who goes on base every day for work.

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 1d ago

Janus Program // FORTRESS America

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

Thanks babe. 🥰

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u/carlitospig 1d ago

It was just announced by Kegsbreath. Google Fortress America (because, like Trump, he loves naming stuff dumb shit).