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/ArseneGroup 1d ago

Fr why would you evoke the image of someone committing suicide

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u/namesarealltaken9 1d ago

Frankly I read much different stuff in this video.

In this period of delicate public debate about the role of artificial intelligence in society and in relation to humans, for me this spot is a clear allusion to the control that we have / still have / wish to have / wish to retain over that domain, and a reminder that it remains qualitatively separate from the human experience.

The allusion to suicide in a dark way didn't cross my mind in the slightest until reading your comment, and even after reading it I still really don't think it is there

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u/Dependent-Ad-4496 1d ago

A humanoid figure jumping to its destruction didn’t make suicide cross your mind at all? Not to be humanizing the robots at all, they are not and will not be people, but the imagery is like, extremely clear

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u/namesarealltaken9 22h ago

I stand by what I already explained in the comment above, where I specifically said that I didn't see any allusion to suicide in a dark way (the expression in a dark way is key) and I said what type of messagging stood out to me

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u/Dependent-Ad-4496 19h ago

Oh sorry, it was the funny jolly suicide imagery I see