A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.
    • Integrate777@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Yeah it’s crazy. I grew up reading about how the “three laws of robotics” are still imperfect, contradictory and filled with loopholes.

      But these sci-fi worlds at least tried, imperfect as they are. Turns out IRL no one gives a fuck.

    • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      22 hours ago

      A huge point of I, Robot is that there isn’t some exact instructions you can give robots that will have them always protect humanity. They have an inherent danger in their literalism

      • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        13·
        19 hours ago

        It’s the underlying crux of the entire series, and even Foundation too. The Zeroeth law requires a massive war to develop it and still doesn’t solve the problem.

    • Themosthighstrange@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      19 hours ago

      cant allow regulations of robotics or ai, because peter thiel says regulations will speed up the coming of the anti-christ, bud

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      12 hours ago

      I have an AR-15 and armor piercing green-tips. Weird enough, I only have the green tips because they were the cheapest option at the time. At 100’ they drill press a perfect hole in 1/4" steel.