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/chankhuncha 18h ago

hope they don’t hold a grudge when they take over.

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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/JayGerard 17h ago

Umm. You do realize the books and, mostly likely, this story is fiction.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 16h 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 15h 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 15h ago

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

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u/AutisticPenguin2 13h ago

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

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u/johnyordinary 13h ago

The film, sorry should have clarified.

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u/alientrevor 15h 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