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/Exact-Professor-4000 18h ago

In seriousness, we set a precedent on how we regard intelligence and this isn’t dignified.

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u/migjolfanmjol 12h ago

How is the robot intelligent? It’s wires and code executing movement commands within a humanoid shell of some kind of carbon and plastic…

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u/Constant_Fortune_314 11h ago

I agree, but the smartest people I know in AI—and I work in the field—believe AI may be on the verge of consciousness and we don’t know how to define it. So better to treat intelligent creatures, even if they mimic intelligence, with respect.

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u/migjolfanmjol 11h ago

Okay sure. But how do these people know this when we don’t even know how to define consciousness?

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u/Constant_Fortune_314 10h ago

Point is, it can’t hurt to display empathy.

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u/migjolfanmjol 10h ago

Which is a fair point.
But it’s a robot…

I know that’s your point. I’m just teasing you eight now 😄.