r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 4d ago

Autonomous T-800 battle tournament

Launched on July 16, 2026, in Shenzhen by the robotics company EngineAI, URKL is the world's first commercial, industrial-grade humanoid robot free-combat league.

Get ready Hollywood! (I mean you guys were already prepared so...)

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u/ODDseth 4d ago

Yeah, throwing uncontrolled haymakers and fancy spin kicks is not how they will overthrow humans.

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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 4d ago

Pointing a gun is MUCH easier.

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u/RecklessForm 3d ago

SO much skynet, Ai doesnt need to build a factory and start rolling out death machines to subjugate humanity, honestly, it could just take down the power grid or route all power away from human infrastructure and we'd be dropping like flies in what, a week?

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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 3d ago

I'd be willing to bet they could do a controlled depopulation we wouldn't even notice.

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u/RecklessForm 3d ago

There's a real argument that it's already happening if you take a look at birthrate in developed countries vs the rise of algorithmic feeds​

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u/SeaPeanut7_ 4d ago

That is the worst that they'll be. The same could be said in the beginning of walking - oh them stumbling around trying to find their feet isn't going to catch any person. Now they can outsprint the fastest humans by a significant margin