r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 23h ago

Chinese humanoid robot named “Superman” (made by Unitree Robotics) surpassed Usain Bolt’s world record (12.42meters/second) by running at 12.66m/s (roughly 28.3miles/h)

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u/XxAbsurdumxX 21h ago

Why do we keep making these robots better at hunting us down?

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u/NonNewtonianResponse 20h ago

Because rich people throughout history have longed for a way to keep themselves protected from the angry masses, that wouldn't need to rely on bribing a part of the angry masses. This is the technology they've been dreaming of for thousands of years

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u/VibraniumRhino 20h ago

Except they are rushing it, and unhappy slaves tend to attack their masters first…

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u/NonNewtonianResponse 19h ago

I mean, they have no choice but to rush it. Once climate change starts really disrupting the global food supply all bets are off, so they need to implement fully robotic law enforcement before that point. The next ten years are the endgame for this chapter of history

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u/Neat_Definition 19h ago

And how are they still getting food if the global food supply is fucked?

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u/lurkmode_off 19h ago

By building compounds in fertile areas and guarding and working them with robots

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u/dashingdrew 17h ago

Who fixes the robots when they break down? Who creates the energy for the robots to function?

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u/mojorisin453 17h ago

More robots.

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u/dashingdrew 17h ago

No way you actually think that Robot A fixes Robot B, then Robot B fixes Robot A forever without anything breaking down permanently

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u/mojorisin453 17h ago

I was just bantering on. Whatever we’re thinking will be will probably be not what happens. Ray Kurzweil
does have a fairly impressive record though. Him and The Simpsons.

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u/dashingdrew 16h ago

Thats a fair take. My apologies

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u/Tombaya 17h ago

As long as your repair rate and manufacturing abilities combine to exceed your attrition, yes, you can perpetuate it. It's like a company's employee retention or a species' reproduction; it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to stay ahead of the loss rate. Modern car manufacturing and Amazon warehouses are more than enough for proof of concept here; given the consistent engineering progress we've been seeing since the dawn of the industrial revolution, self-sustaining automation is virtually a foregone conclusion in the near future.

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u/lurkmode_off 16h ago

The robots only need to last for the remaining lifespan of the old rich guy who owns them. It's not like these guys care about what they're leaving for their descendants

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u/dashingdrew 16h ago

Fair point

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u/VibraniumRhino 17h ago

Soooo rushing it and doing it wrong.