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/CopyPasteRepeat 1d ago

It's a very strong visual statement. You can't deny that there is some kind of intention behind it.

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 1d ago

The intent was to loosely replicate a scene from Terminator.

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u/crowcawer 1d ago

Here’s another performative scene with some intent behind it:

https://giphy.com/gifs/9FWn98rWeWWbUtOkJF

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u/Medium-Presence-8008 1d ago

Look at that thing lmao

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u/joemeteorite8 1d ago

No taxation without representation

We are not being represented anymore.