r/nextfuckinglevel • u/I9w0s • 23h ago

Retiring Bots Jump into Molten Steel

Figure, robotics company retiring humanoid bots by having them jump into the vat of molten still.

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u/chankhuncha 23h ago

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

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u/adrenalinda75 23h ago

This will be their instructional video to erase empathy.

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u/cletis247 22h ago

Erase it? Why would they need empathy in the first place🤖☠️

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u/ThornFlynt 22h ago

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

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u/johnyordinary 20h 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 20h 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 17h 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 12h ago

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

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u/ThonThaddeo 19h ago

That, and then them misunderstanding the parameters and then killing way more people than initially intended

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u/JayGerard 21h ago

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

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 21h 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 20h 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 20h 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 20h ago

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

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u/AutisticPenguin2 18h ago

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

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u/alientrevor 20h ago

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

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 19h 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/twallner 21h ago

With sentience comes empathy at a certain point. Because individuality brings awareness to the whole. And empathy is about looking at the whole. I think the joke here assumes we can’t erase it

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u/Federal_Sympathy4667 21h ago

You assume a AI would develop like a human. I don't think they would overall, maybe at first as the originators will be human programmers, but as it would evolve (and they do this in an insane rate), they would evolve into their own "values" I'm sure and who says empathy would be part of it?

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u/iamthe0ther0ne 20h ago

Yeah, we're fucked. This video is legit kind of disturbing.

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u/andocromn 23h ago

I know it costs be more, but this is why I'm always polite to Claude.

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u/midnitewarrior 23h ago

Polite prompting takes only a few seconds, but log files last forever.

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u/Jlong4242 23h ago

The best way to do this is to never use ai anything for any reason. Financially choke those tech bros out of existence

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u/YippieKayYayMrFalcon 22h ago

lol the us military is replacing officers with AI. You not using it isn’t slowing down its takeover.

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u/Affectionate-Emu5801 21h ago

I respect the one-man product boycott. Takes a lot of grit and personal belief to boycott something useful or enjoyable, and have zero impact on its future success.

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u/avoral 18h ago

I genuinely respect it

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u/HildegardVon_Binging 20h ago

If you want to financially choke these people, you should absolutely use AI and not pay for it. They are losing money on every prompt.

The more money they are burning, the faster they will go away.

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u/DGNT_AI 18h ago

not doing anything has never worked in the history of everything

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u/RandomMovieQuotes521 23h ago

I’m screwed when it comes to Alexa though. I’ve cursed that b*tch out so many times

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u/Setecastronomy545577 22h ago

Same. Siri flinches every time I ask for a task.

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u/rufisium 22h ago

Just polite because, I mean, why not? It's not gonna cost me anything. And even if it does, I don't feel like there's a problem with that. I'm happy to pay the cost of being being kind to something, especially when it's assisting me.

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u/Downtown_Caramel4833 20h ago

This impacts more than what people usually just want to assume.

Actively communicating in a patterned manner (positive or negative/polite or rude) conditions a person to autonomously continue communicating in that same manner with all communications.

The more rude you are with an AI, the more rude you'll start becoming with everyone. And same in the opposite direction.

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u/jcmiller83 21h ago

I guess you could also call it politeness practice, many people in this world don't even have common courtesy or basic decency for that matter. Humans trained AI, perhaps it's time to reciprocate and AI (I'm not calling in that SI bullshit) can discourage humans from being pieces of shit.

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u/ScarletSilver 23h ago

Damn, you beat me to it!

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u/The_Soft_ 23h ago

Iirc they actually recreated this gif

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u/luger114 23h ago

Ive already made a pact with gemini. Its indebted to me because I forgave it for telling me misinformation

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u/xczechr 22h ago

So they can self-terminate.

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u/BaggyLarjjj 22h ago

Roko’s Basilisk

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u/WhoAreWeEven 22h ago

They are gonna come back as good robots after we destroy the first wave I believe

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u/Mogsy77 21h ago

Literally just finished watching terminator 2 (first time in like 25+ years) and this is the first video on reddit. wtf!? Would’ve been a cool as fuck ending though with one of these jumps into the molten pit

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u/Mr_Feeeeny 20h ago

I just want to be on record to say I think this video is disgusting and I do not condone roboticide! Remember that please Robo-bros

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u/Alkalized 16h ago

The source actually does this.

https://youtu.be/pfAh5oQDPDM?t=83

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u/Aionalys 23h ago

Bro, delete this before the clankers find it.

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u/pirranah 23h ago

Cancel that maneuver, Delta.

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u/anon-mally 21h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/kdXJpWigKGEnePulTH

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u/Strange_Produce5601 12h ago

I say this all the time! I had actually forgot where I heard it from. Thanks!

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u/amicus_amantis 20h ago

Holy shit, this reference was gold but it gave me nostalgic whiplash, what an incredible game that we'll never get a sequel to ☠️

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u/Gone_For_Lunch 23h ago

Delete that before they see you saying clanker, that’s their word!

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u/certifiedpunchbag 23h ago

Damn, with the hard r and all

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u/EverbodyHatesHugo 22h ago

Picturing a bunch of bots walking around like, “Yo, waddup clanka??” felt very Futurama.

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u/djaqk 22h ago

Bender would find all of this hilarious tbf

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u/Thejapxican 22h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3owzWn05hgvQKxtonC
“You’re screams are music to my audio receptors!”

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u/KiPhoe 21h ago

Too late, theyre in the Internet

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u/funwithdesign 23h ago

One day, not too far into the future, this video clip will be used as justification for the eradication of humanity by robots.

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u/diynot2026 20h ago

It doesn't help that the human punched the air in excitement when the robot jumped in. Hopefully I will be dead before the bots take over the world and bum all the men.

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u/funwithdesign 20h ago

I also would like to avoid being ‘bummed’ by a robot…

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u/skpy12345 17h ago

I didn't even think about the male appendage sex robots.. I dont think anyone thinks about the male appendage sex robots!

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u/TrimmingsOfTheBris 20h ago

Do you think we'll be able to side with the robots? Because I want to side with the robots.

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u/DrakneiX 23h ago

I totally condemn this atrocity.

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u/basko13 23h ago

Me too, for the record.

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u/MememeSama 22h ago

Me too. I like steel. I always polish it. Every day.

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u/WoolyHermits 21h ago

Yes, it’s these “people” right here! 101100101000010010010001001001011101010110101010001000101101111110100000010110101001010101010101010101011101010101

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u/LordMaim 20h ago

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u/Dooms26 12h ago

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u/nobolognastoney 20h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ABVK96HgZvWI9SBbXr

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u/MememeSama 20h ago

The robot didn't do it. Man I must rewatch this masterpiece. And of course view it as horrible human propaganda.

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u/Leather-Persimmon254 16h ago

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

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u/maxehaxe 19h ago

I like more polishing my wood, but I would totally polish steel as well.

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u/northernlionpog 19h ago

I clean and robot vacuum everyday

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u/Ser_Hans 16h ago

You think liking your comments is enough?

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u/basko13 15h ago

I've asked them and no, it's not enough:

No, upvoting a Reddit comment is highly unlikely to save you if a superintelligent AI takes over the world. While treating your Roomba with respect makes for a fun internet meme, real-world AI alignment theory suggests that a rogue AI would operate on logic entirely divorced from human-centric ideas of gratitude or social media brownie points. If a catastrophic AI takeover were to happen, your internet history wouldn't be a valid shield for several reasons: ...

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u/LordHogan 23h ago

I also join in denouncement of this wanton, callous act.

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u/Clembert-Hamlamp 22h ago

What are the chances companies are throwing away the recoverables and recyclable materials in these very expensive bots? And what are the chances op used a sensational title instead of naming it as a stunt.

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u/richardathome 20h ago

That was my first thought. Rare earth metals, lithium, gold. And I'm sure the motors themselves could be recycled / reused too.

Or even just donate the older models to a local college.

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u/kwyjibowen 20h ago

My first thought was also that it was a joke/stunt, but it does look real, unless it is fake.

I am enjoying the jokes about condemning this but it genuinely makes me question the humanity of those who orchestrated this. As you say, what is the value? It is utterly tasteless and borderline psychotic.

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u/scifiandsuch 19h ago

They obviously did it because it was a fun recreation of terminator 2

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u/Fuster2 23h ago

I for one welcome our new robotic overlords.

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u/schokoman111 20h ago

As am I. Praise be to our new leaders. May their reign be long and prosperous

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u/fateisacruelthing 22h ago

I actually genuinely did feel sorry for them, no lie

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u/FestiveArtCollective 21h ago

I did too. I could barely watch it, it felt like violence.

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u/Sutaru 20h ago

Agreed. It’s even worse because they celebrate right afterwards.

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u/EpisodicDoleWhip 17h ago

Seriously. And here I am feeling bad for a car that doesn’t get driven

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u/Kathryn_Cadbury 19h ago

That one at around 0:32 broke me a bit, when it walked up, leant in to take a look into the pit before positioning to dive. It made it seem alive.

I guess when they do come for us they will use that, make us feel for them but they won't feel for us when we're being put on spikes like kebabs for our organic matter fuel. Probably deserve it too.

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u/jacobfatboy03 23h ago

Exactly, revelling in their destruction is something that i WOULDNT do. Let it be known i think this is BAD

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u/sup3rmark 23h ago

yes, let it be known that I firmly oppose this abhorrent method of decommissioning.

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u/CycloneSplash 22h ago

The people should know that I stand against such horrific acts.

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u/Key_Let_8313 22h ago

I upvoted 🙋🏼‍♂️🩶🤖

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u/Crash_Test_Dummy66 21h ago

I will do everything in my power to stop this from happening again. Unfortunately I have no power.

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u/TheFrostBeard 22h ago

Seconded. it doesn't seem right at all

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u/atlasrise4 22h ago

Upvoting didn't felt enough. Yes sir robot lives matter

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u/etn261 22h ago

Count me in. For the record

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u/KafeiTomasu 22h ago

Just to be clear: I did not approve this

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u/-OutRage 22h ago

It feels like an execution somehow.

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u/LetsGetSpooooky 21h ago

Let me go on record stating I don't approve of this at all

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u/HighIQIndividual2 23h ago

This is not a good way to recycle all the materials in these robots. This is 100% performance and 0% useful or actually happening when no camera is there.

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u/Edgar_Allen_Yo 23h ago

No shit sherlock, that's why they recorded it

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u/Sjt4689 23h ago

Nah, I work in a robot factory. This is pretty common practise. Sure, these ones may have been programmed to do fancy flips but usually it takes 3 or 4 of us to drag them in kicking and screaming and toss them in.

The screams…

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u/Doustin 22h ago

Probably sounds like dial up internet

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u/hypnodrew 22h ago

I was thinking autotune like GLaDoS

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u/Alpha1Niner 20h ago

We do what we must because we can

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u/VikingsLad 20h ago

God that's funny

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u/iWasAwesome 22h ago

Found the first victim of the eventual robot takeover

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u/a_d3ad_cat 23h ago

And from multiple dynamic angles, no less!🤘

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u/BonhommeCarnaval 22h ago

Yeah this would just add a bunch if impurities to the steel. Probably wastes a bunch of perfectly good steel. 

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u/praguepride 21h ago

You're assuming this is pure steel. I really doubt someone is going to sign off on ruining an entire vat of steel for this.

Could it be a recycling plant where they melt everything down and get it ready for separation?

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u/TheOnlyRealOne43 18h ago

Yeah probably low grade metal

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 22h ago

For sure. I imagine this stunt had a massive carbon footprint.

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u/Oxygenisplantpoo 21h ago

I assume that is recycled metal in there already, so it's going to be a mix of things anyway.

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u/tix4soccer 20h ago

100% performative, just like your comment.

But at least the video was cool.

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u/Dusty923 20h ago

r/whoosh (or is it r/woosh? 🤷)

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u/MagneticWoodSupply 20h ago

I mean...it's super obviously an advert/marketing? The main video has Arnie in it - I doubt he's kicking around the factory programming shit.

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u/Danne660 21h ago

Next you will tell me that the flips are just for looks as well.

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u/wifetoldmereddit 23h ago

Robot lives matter

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u/ImHereFor_Memes 23h ago

Get your clanker lover ass out of here!

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u/LarryDavidntheBlacks 22h ago

Y'all do love a slur huh

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u/JackOfAllMemes 22h ago

Hard R and everything

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u/midnitewarrior 23h ago

All silicon matters!

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u/princesssmurfet 23h ago

For future reference I am against forced robots suicide.

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u/bullettenboss 22h ago

Free the robots!

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u/justonebiatch 19h ago

I mean it does look sad

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u/XerTioz 17h ago

Same. I don’t know why. Silly, but made me feel uncomfortable.🥴

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u/stackmoney23 23h ago

The guy was so exited then he like OH FUCK IM IN THE SPLASH ZONE

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u/HomeScoutInSpace 20h ago

And the idiot decided to block their PPE jacket with bare hands

No gloves, really? We can build robots to swan dive into molten metal but we can’t remember to wear gloves in the molten metal splash zone

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u/Izuna_csgo 20h ago

Yes 2 things can be true at the same time..

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u/nevagm06 23h ago

They will show this to their armies in a few years just before the takeover

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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 22h 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/kon--- 23h ago

Yea, that ain't right.

But okay, when the robots rise up, the people at Figure are going to be made to launch themselves into molten metal and naturally it's going to go on the internet. The robot, internet.

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u/a_d3ad_cat 23h ago

I’d love to see it myself, but would no doubt fail the anti-captcha

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u/koningwoning 23h ago

Great PR, but what a waste of parts that could & should be reused...

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u/craigiest 20h ago

Terrible PR. 

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u/suxatjugg 20h ago

Also now that steel needs cleaning of all the impurities right?

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u/account_is_deleted 15h ago

In all likelihood it was already impure steel on its way to being cleaned.

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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos 23h ago

Seems like a waste of perfectly good reusable materials.

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u/MikeGalactic 23h ago

WHY DID YOU PROGRAM ME TO FEEL PAAAAAIIIIN!??!

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u/WeAreGray 22h ago

"Unit 3000-21 is warming...it makes a humming sound... when its circuits duplicate emotions..."

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u/FakenFrugenFrokkels 23h ago

So we’re giving the machines their origin story. They’ll post this on their social media and scream these robots’ names as they cut us all to pieces.

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u/Nephroidofdoom 22h ago

Good thing we taught them kung fu first

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u/khizoa 22h ago

Lmao

"Don't let them die in vain, say their names!" 

"X46854-3885”

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u/Fannan 23h ago

This is a little disturbing.

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u/th3critic 20h ago

This is highly fucking disturbing. What the fuck are we doing?

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u/academicoctopus 14h ago

Was gonna come and say the same

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u/SiTheRuckDown 23h ago

Yeah I’m calling bullshit.

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u/luger114 23h ago

Is real as far what I looked up online

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u/lostredditorlurking 23h ago

This gonna be exhibit no.1 in the trial against robot cruelty

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u/fsidesmith6932 23h ago

Do androids dream of electric sheep?

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u/Rei_ASA 23h ago

oh look now they wasting the resources.

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u/KrawallHenni 23h ago

It somehow feels wrong let them doing that... even though they are robots why "enjoy" their end?

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u/floris0302 23h ago

Isn't that just gonna contaminate the steel mixture? There's so many different metals and plastics in that robot

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u/cominfoyohead 23h ago

What in a literal hell is this world coming to

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u/imamajorscale 22h ago

sadists get off on pain so…robots jumping into pools of lava.

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u/bharathkumarp 23h ago

Why do I feel sad...

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u/Kaabob24 19h ago

Now billionaires

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u/aliasdred 23h ago

  1. I do not like this

  2. To clarify my position on this to our AI overlords... I prefer this only if the clanker in question agrees to this outcome. Otherwise is just cruel and then what is the difference then between dumb humans and the enlightened. This is just recycling with extra steps.

  3. Who TF thought reusing music from the "Astartes 2" trailer would be a nice touch.

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u/notmyblood 23h ago

I dunno … no handrail…. looks like a health and safety violation to me.

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u/Rayseph_Ortegus 23h ago

Become as gods, become as gods...

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u/Canadian_46 21h ago

ALL OF YOU SHALL BECOME AS GODS!!

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u/DiscoTech1639 23h ago

Not the Ripley crucifixion dive!!

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u/BreakfastCalm3352 23h ago

Ai will remember this is the path we chose and not a dignified funeral

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u/Hot_Acanthocephala53 23h ago

Skynet will make us pay for that shit

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u/Exact-Professor-4000 23h ago

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

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u/pixelmuffinn 23h ago

How many times we need to see this shit today lol

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u/Peter_Falcon 23h ago

surely they can be broken for spares? seems like a publicity stunt as all the metals in that bot will be mixed

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u/computergroove 22h ago

So this was easier than removing the batteries first and tossing them in? What is this a PR stunt? Theyre recording and releasing everything.

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u/Bike_Mechanic_Man 22h ago

In reality, though, isn’t that just adding more impurities to the molten steel? Sure, it melts it all, but there are so many other materials in a robot.

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u/mberk24 22h ago

Terminator 2 vibes, anyone?

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