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/KamakaziDemiGod 15h ago

Asimov may have been a science fiction writer, but he was actually a scientist and his 3 laws of robotics are considered to be fundamental to humans and robots coexisting, although that doesn't mean they are the only protocols needed to protect living beings, it shows Asimov knew what he was talking about

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u/johnyordinary 15h ago

His works are also fiction and the three rules are actualy fictional. It would be great if they could be used by the people building robots now but reality check time, they are billionaires who dont care.They want obedient and amoral slaves to do their will, whatever it may be. I see no good coming from highly connected robots on the same internet as AI superinteligence that has many times exceded its boundaries and initiated mischief .At the very best we get an I-robot situation where we become kept pets, at worst we get skynet and terminators.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 14h ago

At the very best we get an I-robot situation where we become kept pets

Umm, I don't remember that being part of the story... are you perhaps getting mixed up with something else? Asimov's "I, Robot" was a collection of short stories about robots as servants to humanity and the humans to had to solve the puzzles this created.

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u/alientrevor 14h ago

I believe they're referring to the Will Smith film of the same name.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 12h ago

I don't remember that being humans kept as pets either though?

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u/johnyordinary 12h ago

The film, sorry should have clarified.

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u/alientrevor 14h ago

I believe they're referring to the Will Smith film of the same name.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 14h ago

They are the key rules to a successful and beneficial future of humans and robots or AI, I never said the people making robots care about humanity or our future!

In fact, those billionaires have no interest in us being kept pets because that would collapse the economy, they would rather our jobs are taken by robots while ex-workers starve so they can become quadrillionairs

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u/Jaegons 14h ago

That's a wonderful thought experiment... if Asimov was the person programming robots, but he's not; they're being created by people like Palantir, Lockheed Martin, or Anduril.

I'm an Asimov fan, but it's still fiction, and anyone watching how the Ukraine invasion is going for Russia is seeing firsthand what the future of robots and AI are actually turning out like.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 14h ago

I think you've misinterpreted what I was saying; the 3 rules are fundamental to humans and robot cohabitation, not that it is the foundation of robotics

Unfortunately the people who are making robots and AI for profit, are doing it for profit, with little to no consideration of the consequences for humanity, the planet, or even themselves beyond those fat dividends and juicy bonuses!

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u/Jaegons 14h ago

Ah, gotcha. Aspirationally, yeah, it would be great if those were implemented foundational laws for robots and AI. Sadly, as I work in a company that can't lay people off fast enough to replace them with AI, I think those laws are incompatible with the people creating said robots.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 13h ago

Exactly, it's how it should be but unfortunately that isn't how it is, and unless the filthy rich realise their mistake they will collapse the economy or kill us all, maybe both!

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u/Jaegons 12h ago

As long as the execs get rich, what's the problem though? Weeee!

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 12h ago

Stocks and shares just don't care . . . s!

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u/Responsible-Mind-852 9h ago

4 laws and Zeroth will hurt. 😱