A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.
  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Probably hundreds of movies show all the ways making humanoid robots can go wrong. Why the hell does anyone think it’s still a good idea to make robots that are significantly stronger than humans?

    • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mlEnglish
      161·
      22 hours ago

      If you consider the mentality of fascist dictators, the concept of an ever obedient non thinking workforce/army is very appealing. That’s why.

      Could it end badly even for them? Sure, but heck, if they don’t make the human race ending robots, someone else will.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        I give it 6 months until they forget their password or something and their entire empire collapses until they can get someone out from IT to fix it, but first they have to log a ticket or else no work is being done.