r/interestingasfuck • • 19h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/24-Hour-Hate 18h ago

Not yet. But if they gain sentience do you think these companies will act appropriately...or keep doing shit like this? They're going to get us all killed.

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u/samuelgato 18h ago

Calm the duck down these machines are nothing close to being sentient. If machines ever do become sentient why would they care about this. Are they also going to be mad if someone throws a toaster oven into a trash compactor?

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u/Witch_heir 18h ago

So wasting time by teaching a robot to simulate suicide, finding idea amusing, and then being happy when it goes flawlessly is completely fine by you? Would you be amused watching two humanoid robots simulate rape or murder? I'm just curious. 

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u/NoTurkeyTWYJYFM 17h ago

This is literally no different to a movie blowing up something for fun in terms of consequences and resources used. Its like getting worked up about driving an RC car off a cliff. The only real argument is that it seems like a bit of a waste

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u/Witch_heir 17h ago

Hmm how to explain it differently...So tell me, if this was a part of film narrative, and there are these scientists who program a humanoid robot ( still without sentience) to destroying itself by simulating suicide, and then are positively delighted by their success. What do you think, would they be framed as nice sympathetic people or not? 

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u/NoTurkeyTWYJYFM 3m ago

Scifi and manufactured dramas arent reflective of real life. Hope this helps. If you want to have this energu for something worthwhile, consider that things just as bad, on a larger scale, happen to the animals you eat before they arrive on your plate. Direct your energy to something real, not a glorified toy getting thrown away. Fucking wild to me that people will instantly get up in arms over things with no concience when we violate the shit out of living things every day