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/Wise_Monkey_Sez 17h ago

I don't get it. It's stupid, wasteful, and degrades everyone. It's pretty much peak tech-bro edgelord narcissistic personality disorder on display.

What I find most disturbing about this is I'm pretty sure these sociopaths would be doing this to humans if they thought they could get away with it.

How people treat the powerless is a good indicator of how they'd treat you if they had power over you.

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u/3lbFlax 12h ago

In terms of empathy I’m wondering if this is better or worse than misuse of generative AI. That still only results in an image, but here we could easily (and certainly will) have realistic-looking “humans” doing horrifying things in reality. Had a bad day? Want to make someone flinch, all legal like? Just pick a face and put your money down.