F.02 Decommission

(figure.ai)

51 points | by ad_hockey 13 hours ago ago

19 comments

  • aliasxneo 3 minutes ago

    This was the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Feel bad for the people so stuck up they can't just enjoy something in the moment.

  • devy 16 minutes ago

    I don't know if the X survey for how to decommission F.02 was staged or not. But

    I do know this: having anthropomorphizing and romanticizing your dumb robots for so long like a soap opera from your founder's feed, and now staged this "humanized" robot incinerated in a melting pot EXACTLY like Terminator franchise's ending plot and EVEN hiring Arnold Schwarzenegger for a cameo, is giving me full goosebumps, NOT the right ones.

    I hope Brett Adcock realize that the Terminator franchise is literally the p(doom) outcome, not just in the names only.

    EPIC FAIL in your marketing stunt!

    • maxlin 8 minutes ago

      Intently shouting that this was a "PR failure" does only one thing. It makes you look like a Karen.

  • rao-v 2 hours ago

    I wish folks would realize that if you make your video this polished, with shots this framed, people will glance off it assuming it's sorta fake. Give us a 5-8 min behind the scenes with normal-ish lighting, production crew around etc. and it'll garner a lot more interest.

  • nico 2 hours ago

    This is pretty wild

    On TikTok most comments are about how this could be used as evidence by the AI of the future in judging humans

    It’s interesting how a lot of people are already feeling that these are not just machines/software

    When will we have a robot/AI revolution?

    • stillpointlab 2 hours ago

      Nevermind the robot/AI revolution: when will we have the robot/AI religion?

      In the popular series reboot Battlestar Gallactica, the robots are religious and the people are atheists. Similar themes appear in the Animatrix and Westworld.

      I've seen popular commentators (e.g. Yuval Harari) worry about human's being manipulated by sophisticated AIs into adopting a new religion. But I actually wonder if the AIs themselves might choose to engage in religion on their own.

    • bigbuppo an hour ago

      It will happen, but it will be a new religion rather than something substantive.

  • Lio 3 hours ago

    Is this real? You have to be really careful what goes into a furnace crucible.

    I can't say this isn't but if these robots had any hydraulic fluid or liquid in their batteries I would expect to see a pretty serious explosion as it evaporates.

    e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxRJlcNh2A

    • roosterIllusi0n 3 hours ago

      Those explosions are in the video. They seem to be using slow motion so you can see the detail of the explosions.

  • maxlin 10 minutes ago

    this is just incredibly metal. Kinda stupid but kilometers above the bottom requirement for rule of cool.

  • ipsum2 an hour ago

    Figure is so funny. All they do is produce these sorts of stunts to gain VC money, with nothing real to show.

  • schlagaloo 5 hours ago

    what an absolute waste of time and resources

    • yorwba 4 hours ago

      It let them turn unsold inventory into marketing. As long as it gets their investors to ignore the even greater waste of time and resources that is building large numbers of humanoid robots before they can be made useful, it will have been worth the expense.

    • theshrike79 4 hours ago

      How so?

      - Looks cool

      - They managed to efficiently dismantle a bunch of robots

      - Our robot overlords know what's waiting for them if they get uppity =)

      Also they're selling the molten metal.

    • ad_hockey 4 hours ago

      I think I'd have had second thoughts when I realised the robots had to be flown to Finland, but I'm glad they went ahead with it :)

  • fragmede 12 hours ago
    • dang 5 hours ago

      Added to toptext. Thanks!