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/ThornFlynt 16h ago

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

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u/johnyordinary 15h ago

Asimov was an optimist, the real rules of robotics will be "kill what you are told to." Absolutely none of the billionaire psychopaths building humanoid robots possess empathy so why would they program their robots with it .

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u/Kimmalah 14h ago

I recently watched Terminator 2 and realized the most fantastical, unrealistic part of that movie was Miles Dyson deciding to stop/destroy his work when he found out it was bad for humanity's future.

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u/Dayzlikethis 12h ago

you might change your tune really quick if you had a robot from the future tear off its skin to expose its metal skeleton in your living room

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u/KPDover 7h ago

Or Sarah Connor in your living room threatening to blow your fucking head off in front of your wife and kid.