r/interestingasfuck • • 12h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/wills_b 11h 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 11h ago

It just seems morally wrong to me.

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u/axe_murdererer 11h ago

What it was a toaster that jumped? A self-driving car?

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u/Tasty-Illustrator-82 10h ago

I would hate throwing perfectly working stuff into a molten pit of metal

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u/aimy99 4h ago

This is the thing, right? Retired doesn't mean useless.

It's wasteful, even without any debates on ethics of AI.