The result is nice and cool. It is the level of modern journalism that is disturbing.
Robotics Company Builds Straight-Up Terminator
Submitted 2 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-xpeng-terminator?ref=thefuturist
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Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I worry about it. Every year I see more articles with sloppy mistakes that could be caught by any half-drunk editor phoning his job in. Sites springing up publishing 90% slop clearly so someone can keep writing. Not to mention the risks to journalism in a country where the president threatens any group whose speech he doesn’t like.
As (i think) Parenti said, now is the time of monsters.
northernlights@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I mean in this instance, if you look at the thumbnail of the author and then follow his link, he looks not a day over 16.
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Seriously. How many ways are there to make an humanoid robot out of stainless steel and aluminium?
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
What clickbait. Apparently any vaguely capable humanoid robot is a "straight-up Terminator"?
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s the most “Terminator” looking robot I’ve ever seen.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
So far. Since Terminators are capable humanoid robots and the goal is to make capable humanoid robots each improvement is going to look more like a Terminator. And also like every other capable humanoid robot from other sci-fi as well, good bad or neutral.
The only reason to leap to "OMG it's a Terminator!" Is to bait the clicks.
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you can’t handle me at my Roy Baty you don’t deserve me at my Pris Stratton
mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They meant that in terms of infiltration they’re becoming more humanoid at an exponential level
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Why does it have boobs though? Is that like extra space For batteries? Why not a bellybutton if we are Going for realism?
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Because humans will put tits on anything. I watched a movie about sentient cockroaches, and the girl cockroaches all had tits.
tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
to be fair for the addition of bazongas, those characters are more ‘humans in cockroach costumes’ than ‘sentient cockroaches.’
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because when humans see a robot with boobs, the comments turn into “hey this robot has tits”, and when they don’t, the comments turn into “humanity is going to be euthanised by the machines”.
wabafee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s there target market sex dolls.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
I'd say "found the bot", but even bots are familiar with why boobs appeal to human sensibilities.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
In a follow-up event to prove it was a robot, He Xiaopeng had its leg skin cut open in front of a live audience. The robot then walked off the stage.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
that one was AI video i believe.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
“We’re at a point now where robots can move more sensually than Taylor Swift.”
What?
SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It was a Reddit comment in response to this video (Catbox alt).
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Joe Wilkins clearly has a thing for robots.
confuser@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Any mention of sexy robots deserves mention of sexy robots man
unpossum@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That looks more like a Terminatrix
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Gen 1 Synth lookin’ motherfucker.
flightyhobler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“We’re at a point now where robots can move more sensually than Taylor Swift.”
That’s a low bar
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure this grifter had a high bar when he said that.
deacon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not saying this because she’s a billionaire, and this is really nothing against her, her looks, or her music, but I never found Taylor Swift to be, like, sexy. She’s quite beautiful and very talented but she’s just not who comes to mind when I think of slinky sexiness.
realitista@lemmus.org 2 weeks ago
She’s a bit stiff IMHO.
pyria@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
She's too doll-like.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I get you! She’s extraordinarily beautiful, and not just in a blonde hair/blue eyes kinda way. I have an admiration for any man or woman who works hard to maximize their appearance. It’s fucking hard and Swift could do nothing to be any more attractive.
Turns out I like her music too! Kids listening to something, “That’s cool, who’s that?”
But sexy? Maybe she’s too perfect? I like a woman that’s “off” in some way. Maybe a big nose, wide-spaced eyes, pouchy mouth, gimme some imperfections that stand out.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
So they skipped the Dalek phase, huh?
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Wheeled robots have been the norm for decades, we didn't skip that.
LordMayor@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Didn’t Daleks have little squishy aliens inside them?
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Yes, Daleks are not robots, they’re squishy tentacle space nazis inside mobile battle casing pepperpots that they call War Machines. The Terminator T1 however looks vaguely like such a pepperpot if you squint and are Doctor Who brained.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What is the endgame here? People are supposed to buy these? To do what?
The took the fabric off a mechanical device to reveal it was a mechanical device. Disturbing?
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
To do what?
Chores and other stuff we don’t/can’t do. This has been the dream for decades now, so many decade+ old encyclopedias with “future tech” chapters show robots caring for people, sometimes as caregivers (for old people, or blind etc), sometimes as entertainers.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Except regular people will struggle to afford food out whilst these will be cleaning rich people’s yachts.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’d buy one if it would help fight off ice agents.
unpossum@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I read ice giants and thought I’d missed a headline today
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure ICE can afford to but thousands/millions of these while we have Alexa speakers.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Robots will do everything slaves used to d without pay
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
And what will the “slaves” do? They gonna get their own robot and drive around in flying cars? jfc.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“We’re at a point now where robots can move more sensually than Taylor Swift.”
What a weird fucking tagline on an article that insinuates a robotic dystopian future.
Although there are some weird horny undertones, so I guess it checks out. Still, weird article all around
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
They know what grabs people's attention.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Press X to doubt
Sims@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
This seems to be the really interesting part: “…the bot also contains the “first all-solid-state battery in the industry,” as opposed to the liquid electrolyte typically found in lithium-ion batteries. Solid-state batteries are considered the “holy grail” for electric vehicle development …”
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
tbh, with those hips I might eventually join the robots
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Hips don’t hallucinate.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
I won't die to anything wearing crocs!!
jimerson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Am I missing something, or did they just dress up a woman with a prosthetic leg to resemble an android, and remove the dressing around the prosthetic to “prove” she isn’t human?
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If the robot is tough enough for production they should have no fear of stripping the clothes off with a box knife. The whole scene was still pretty impressive, especially compared to last week’s Russia bot! 🤦🏻♂️
But still, were I heading this project, I’d insist on toughness at this point in development. (Talking out my ass, looking to the end game, no idea where they’re at ATM.)
bvoigtlaender@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I guess they will eventually get there. It is interesting to point out though that the first robot is only shown from the torso down. Guess it has some support?
Also the one on the stage is definitely a human.
toffi@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
“We’ve now constructed the doomsday machine from the popular novel ‘Don’t build the doomsday machine’”
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I like the original “torment nexus” phrasing better.
toffi@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Ah I was quoting from memory. You’re right the torment nexus line is better.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
You have an overly broad definition of "doomsday machine."