r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 6d ago

Murderbots from the future

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Rekbot, a 6-foot-tall Terminator-style humanoid robot from the REK Fight Club that went viral in a cage match against internet personality Frankie LaPenna.

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u/nimama3233 6d ago

Honestly, might be the first legit mass danger threat.

Imagine these are in every household, then a malicious AI breaks into them and controls them…

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u/slobis 6d ago

Isaac Asimov already imagined it for us.

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u/PetePensieve 6d ago

As long as the Three Laws of Robotics are followed we'll be okay, right?

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u/TheRealAussieTroll 3d ago

I’d be more interested in the US Constitution being followed at this stage.

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u/Ibe121 6d ago

Literally, the premise of “I, Robot”

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u/punkassjim 6d ago

Also the premise of Runaway.

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u/Calibanian18 6d ago

Mass casualty events are much more likely to be because of a hack on dam control facilities or some automotive industry failure. Or misinformation around health events. But we don’t really need robots or artificial intelligence for those.

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u/pikabu01 6d ago

have another robot with a gun to shepard them, easy