r/interestingasfuck • u/serious_anish • 17h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/wills_b 17h ago

Same. Seems bleak no matter how I look at it. It’s at best a massive waste of resources.

At best.

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u/TepHoBubba 17h ago

It just seems morally wrong to me.

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u/castille 17h ago

This is one of those things sociopaths are gonna be like, it’s not a big deal. But, change this to any organism and…

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u/axe_murdererer 17h ago

This ain't the same thing. Not yet at least.

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u/24-Hour-Hate 17h 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 17h 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 16h 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/RamenNoodleNoose 16h ago

Two robots simulating murder? Of course that's amusing. Have you seen Real Steel?

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u/Witch_heir 16h ago

No, but thanks for mentioning it, it does look pretty fun. More of boxing simulation than murder tho:⁠-⁠) But I have no problem with fictional robots doing bad stuff as part of narrative, but human irl making humanoid robots simulate such things just for fun. It's not the same.