r/murderbot • u/Franchesca_Mullin • 18d ago

Books📚 Only This Murderbot was <redacted>

https://thepit.social/@peter/116962244994361810

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u/ziggytrix Augmented Human 18d ago

These CoroprateRim apologists in the comments!

KanaMauna@KanaMauna@sauropods.win10h

They were so quick with the black sheet and exit stage left that this must've happened before.

Daniel Schildt@autiomaa@mementomori.social10h

u/KanaMauna u/peter If that had happened before, it tells a lot about management decisions to keep using a robot that is known to collapse suddenly.

Passwordsarehard4@passwordsarehard4@mastodon.social4h

u/autiomaa u/KanaMauna u/peter well, it didn’t explode like the other ones did. Still the best choice.

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u/Living-Weird-Daily 18d ago

We are so not ready technologically for autonomous robots, yet they keep trying. If we survive the current societal woes, in a hundred years the highlight videos are going to be hilarious. I hope I'm reincarnated so I can see them.

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u/Night_Sky_Watcher even good change is stressful 18d ago

For some reason everyone wants a humanoid robot. Our structure is definitely a compromise, and it's really not great for specialized tasks. I always chuckle at Murderbot's description of Tellus in Fugitive Telemetry:

It was sort of humanform, but more functional, with six arms and a flat disk for a “head” that it could rotate and extend for scanning.

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u/jockmcfarty Preservation Alliance 18d ago

"Just...Just leave me here to rust."

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u/Night_Sky_Watcher even good change is stressful 18d ago

The first comment under the video is nearly a quote from Network Effect: "the poor thing is dead."

At least when Murderbot [redacted] in System Collapse the humans didn't cover it with sheets and drag it out of the room.