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brianpeiris@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'

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Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'

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brianpeiris@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago
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A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.

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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    Only a matter of time now. And we don’t even have the laws of robotics to protect us.

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      Or laws at all at this point.

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        USAsian located.

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      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

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        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.

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

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        Greta Thunberg is already here though.

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        Can’t argue with that.

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      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.

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