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Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull' (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by brianpeiris@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Related: Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks saw this coming: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/why-irobots-founder-wont-go-within-10-feet-of-todays-walking-robots/

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[โ€“] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week 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.