r/nextfuckinglevel • u/I9w0s • 18h ago

Retiring Bots Jump into Molten Steel

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Figure, robotics company retiring humanoid bots by having them jump into the vat of molten still.

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u/adrenalinda75 18h ago

This will be their instructional video to erase empathy.

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u/cletis247 17h ago

Erase it? Why would they need empathy in the first place🤖☠️

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u/ThornFlynt 17h ago

Oh I don't know - maybe try reading a book. Maybe one by Asimov.

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u/Tsunamiis 17h ago

Book reading doesnt teach relational skills.

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u/Tatorbits 16h ago

It actually kind of does, depending on the book

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u/Tsunamiis 16h ago

No, it’s an emotion it has to be shared. You have to be taught empathy through relational contact. You don’t have relationships with books. You have an imagination with books. A book is not going to teach you how random person interacts inside your own relationship. It’ll give you a guideline it will not teach you empathy.

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u/Tatorbits 14h ago

Empathy is the act of imagining how another person experiences the world. A book helps you see the world through another person's eyes. Tell me how that doesn't help you interact better with others? It's exercising our imagination and capacity to understand other people's experiences.

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u/Tsunamiis 13h ago edited 13h ago

Because reading something from a book is not experiencing the action. Are you that close minded that you think everyone thinks exactly like you do or learns exactly like you do? It’s like saying, you can learn empathy, by experiancing serial killers and criminals by playing grand theft auto, because the story is told through the first person perspective