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Figure AI’s BotQ humanoid robot is an investor demo, not a product
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this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2025
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@HedyL Generally people who want a mechanical horse don't fantasize about fucking it … the main techbro use case for humanoid robots is "sexbot", so they don't have to learn all the emotional skills you need in order to have a relationship with an actual human being.
the interesting thing is i looked and that isn't actually a big enough market to sustain itself
@dgerard Not to worry; the promotion of incel bullshit via social media algorithms will generate increasing demand for sexbots by and by …