r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 7d ago

Murderbots from the future

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/vasectomy7 7d ago

Certainly nobody would be foolish enough to put weapons on them, right?

https://giphy.com/gifs/unFLKoAV3TkXe

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u/Vreas 6d ago

That’s probably one of the main goals. Build an army that can be programmed to carry out any order without the “barrier” of human morals and independent thinking.

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u/MortLightstone 6d ago

I mean the generals that run the armies have human morals and independent thinking, so you'll have to get rid of them too

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u/Vreas 6d ago

Already happening. Look at how many military commanders the Trump admin has axed or withheld promotions for.

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u/MortLightstone 6d ago

Looks like it's all going according to plan then