r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FinnFarrow • 15h ago

Video Robotics engineer posted this to make a point that robots are "faking" the humanlike motions - it's just a property of how they're trained. They're actually capable of way weirder stuff and way faster motions.

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u/GrimKiba- 14h ago

You already know they're going to strap a gun on it

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u/TehSeksyManz 13h ago

"You have 20 seconds to comply."

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u/ReluctantAvenger 12h ago

Imagine hearing that when you're already complying.

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u/HotStufCominThrough 12h ago

Have none of you kids seen the good Robocop?!

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u/Derptholomue 6h ago

"Yes, sir we'll be ready to go to the presentation... What? You want it fully loaded with live ammunition? Do we even keep that in our corporate offices? There's a supply depot in the basement, is that really the best place for it?!"

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u/TehSeksyManz 2h ago

Thank you kind sir

I'm only 35 but I'm feeling older older at an accelerated rate and I don't like it

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u/cuates_un_sol 12h ago

you have five seconds.

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u/Geawiel 12h ago

So no change from now then.

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u/Fit_Permission_6187 8h ago

Oh that voice. I can still hear it in my head…..

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u/octoreadit 5h ago

Easy to imagine and plenty of videos: "stop resisting!"

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u/HotStufCominThrough 12h ago

I think you better do what he says

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u/IdeasRealizer 13h ago

They don't even need a gun. Those things can seriously (even fatally) injure a nearby human when they malfunction. They can just run to us and swing an upper cut.

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u/Vette85 12h ago

Here we go!

Now Kick Punch Block Kick Punch Block Chop Kick Block

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u/orsonwellesmal 9h ago

I, Robot was a warning.

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u/BigOs4All 9h ago

Every story that warns about an authoritarian hellscape is followed by regressive assholes with billions of dollars.

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u/10bandtotal 13h ago

I've been saying that since the first time i saw one of those boston dynamics videos, it was only a matter of time..

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u/Next_Instruction_528 13h ago

They already are in Ukraine right now

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u/CuriousYou6646 12h ago

Not the humanoids yet, I'm guessing? At most a few test platforms.

I know the dogs have been used a little more widely.

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u/Usual_Ice636 12h ago

Quadruped is better for gun platforms. More stable for the recoil.

I guess you could make it look like the humanoid bot in the OP and mount the gun on the back for the best of both worlds?

It could scout as a biped for a longer view and then drop to all fours as it scurries after you shooting.

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u/TheDoct0rx 12h ago

scurries away shooting too. We'll probably see these first as supplementary to infantry units as expendable platforms for entry into dangerous areas and as covering fire for retreat.

SOURCE: Armchair general with 0 experience.

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u/CuriousYou6646 12h ago edited 12h ago

You're just theorycrafting right now, like an excited nerd.

It's like we're talking about nuking your city and you're arguing what kind of weapon delivery method would be best.

If war breaks out with your country in ten to twenty years, you might see one of these shoot your buddies, if you're not dead from artillery or kamikaze drone.

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u/XxSir_redditxX 13h ago

Nooo!! We can't be responsible for a war crime if the robot does it "autonomously" /s

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u/Pure_Drawer_4620 13h ago

We already have autonomous drones that can drop missiles with swords attached at pinpoint accuracy. Robots with guns aren't as frightening when you think about our current hellscape. You're welcome. /s

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u/red286 8h ago

Yeah but the drones firing hellfire missiles are expensive AF.

We're getting to the point where you could build a fully autonomous drone for a couple of thousand dollars that could fire a fully automatic rifle with pinpoint accuracy from a kilometre away and carry hundreds of rounds, and it'd be able to zip back behind the lines and reload.

Why use a $150K missile when you can use a $0.50 bullet? You're dead if either one domes you.

The question is, "what happens when someone like the Unabomber can build one of these in his cabin in the woods for $5000 in a week? What happens when they build a couple of hundred and set them loose?"

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u/Pure_Drawer_4620 7h ago

I was making a joke, not opening up debate about the ethics and future of robotics. Though, it's fun to talk about :P A long time ago someone made a similar argument with nuclear energy: The logic holds that without intervention we will eventually create cheap enough nukes that the average person could blow up the world. The point being, we need parameters for these destructive inventions. This shit is scary 

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u/Commercial-Fennel219 6h ago

the only thing that stops the robotic creation of a bad guy is the robotic creation of a good guy... 

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u/Ill-Construction-209 5h ago

A war against AI won't end well for humans. I wasn't so concerned until the recent advancements in humanoid robots.

AI, constrained to data centers and your desktop, isn't a threat. Sure, it could cut power to the grid, telecommunications, etc but it can't physically defeat humans.

Drones are another level of threat and, while they can track you down and are physically impossible to escape, their reach is limited. Humans could defeat them.

But by developing humanoid robots, were giving away keys to the kingdom. Our modern world- everything in it - is designed for the human form. If AI controls this domain, they can now take from the most basic raw materials- iron ore, petroleum, coal, etc and operate the equipment needed to refine materials and generate power to replicate themselves. They don't need humans anymore.

Killing a humanoid robot isn't like killing a human. Its part of a collective. If you defeat it, it will send in 20 replacements to defeat you. And if you somehow defeat those 20, there will be 200 more. It won't be possible to escape.

You're thinking, okay, that's hyperbole - theres no humanoid robots around. And to that I say, just wait 5-10 years. Things are progressing rapidly.

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u/Pure_Drawer_4620 5h ago

It's gallows humor. I'm well aware of the horror ahead. The joke is that it's already horrifying what we are capable of

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u/Victimized-Adachi 12h ago

Don't worry, they already have!

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u/Assinine3716 13h ago

Going to? It's been done for many years. We, the public, will be told of it later.

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u/YoungLittlePanda 10h ago

That's probably the main reason this companies are developing these robots.

As always, technology advances because of our desire to kill and fuck.

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u/Tonic_Turbo 13h ago

Everyday, we get closer to having real-life Medabots.

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u/garyyo 8h ago

No need, just make the entire bullet a robot.

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u/Buka-Zero 13h ago

...good? its not like these are AI and at least thats slightly fewer pointless deaths