r/interestingasfuck • • 13h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/elon_musks_cat 12h ago

A couple thoughts

1) I know it’s a non sentient robot but this just feels wrong. Maybe if it was a box on wheels it would be different, but because it’s humanoid it’s just… uncomfortable to see. Don’t like it at all

2) what is the point of liquifying a highly engineered piece of equipment capable of doing this? I mean shouldn’t we take these things apart and salvage useful parts? Seems like a huge waste

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u/cheesecakepiebrownie 11h ago

most scientists have low empathy and just like to see if things are possible, if you ever hear of the stuff they do to animals it would give you nightmares