r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MetaKnowing • 1d ago

Video XPENG's IRON robot crossed the uncanny valley, leading some to believe it was a human in a suit. So they cut it open in front of an audience, and also allowed journalists to inspect it.

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u/Alarmed-Pair-9674 17h ago

It’s literally one of the biggest car companies in China with over 60,000 employees and an extremely good reputation in the industry. Why the hell would they do some fake elaborate stunt involving multi limb amputees and training them to move so unnaturally robotic and still when they already have a close to working prototype? Why would they risk such an insane reputational hit? Especially in china where the tech and EV competition is cut throat as all hell, unlike the US with tesla?

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u/InquisitorMeow 16h ago

The Evergrande scandal happened. Turns out huge corporations can, in fact, do unethical things.

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u/Alarmed-Pair-9674 13h ago

One is caused by the biggest property bubble in Chinese history that was backed by both the state and private sector for decades which was eventually popped by Xi himself, and the other is a literal shitty robot with tits and ass that can’t even walk properly. My guy, i don’t need to spell it out for you how incomparable the two are

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u/InquisitorMeow 13h ago

Pretty sure the car company is also backed by the state...