Why We Need a Robot Apocalypse

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the most unbelievable thing about this story is humans agreeing to anything

It's so refreshing to see an idea for a post-apocalypse where things are actually better in some way 😊

One of the ways i've heard nihilism phrased is like this: If nothing matters then everything matters equally, and therefore everything matters.

Me when my toaster goes on a stroll never to be seen again:

I like how in this video the taleoids are used to represent humans talking to the robots, but whenever i just see a taleoid interacting with a robot, it just seems weird to me, since apparently taleoids are also robots

The idea of saying “Im purposeless but that’s ok because I am wonderful.” Truly made me smile but also I am sad. It’s such a great message. Something I wish I could feel.

"i know that, no matter what, i'm wonderful" it really is a great line. it hit me in a certain way too

"i know that, no matter what, i'm wonderful"… That line instantly caught my attention and gave me pause. I found it beautiful and absolutely unrelatable.

The sound of the last crickets. Good as any reason for a quest.

My biggest WIP is a robot-focused post-post-apoc hopeful/utopian story, and this reassures me that there might be more of a market for it than just my kids.

"We're not here because we're free; we're here because we're not free. There's no escaping reason, no denying purpose, for as we both know, without purpose we would not exist. It is purpose that created us, purpose that connects us, purpose that pulls us, that guides us, that drives us; it is purpose that defines us, purpose that binds us."

I really would love to be a tea monk. Going from village to village... drinking tea and listening to people vent. Sounds really nice.

Funny irony that humans, existing for a purpose we don't know obsess over what it might be while robots, things with clearly specific purpose when built find peace in rejecting it. Kinda funny, both of us look for what we lacked.

the moment I saw the thumbnail and read the title I had a feeling it would be about Psalm for the Wild Built and I'm so glad that I was right! These books are incredible and Becky Chambers is easily one of my favorite authors. Highly recommend their Wayfarers series too!

I LOVE the animated intro to these videos! I'd pay an animated Tale Foundry movie! Whoever makes this intro has true talent!

Coincidentally, I had signed up for that skillshare class last week, and im thoroughly enjoying it.

Thanks for this. The robot revolution that always stood out most to me was the one from Astroboy: where robots gained sentience (or the potential for it) nearly century before human's started to notice. The robots were alive, but had very different priorities and emotions to humans, conflict only really arose from exceptional circumstances, or from humans trying to decommission and replace old robots. If you knew with absolute certainty that the purpose for your creation was to sweep roads and you didn't understand the concept of boredom, would you object to anything, but being prevented from doing that?

Humans aren't as obsessed with their place as humans would have you think. It's ultimately not more than like 10% some existential, selfless labour of human reason. It's because we need resources to live and those resources belong to other humans, so we have to figure out how we're going to serve those humans who own the resources, or starve.

So, I just discovered this channel a little while ago. I was the type of student that would think "why are we wasting our time with this" mentality whenever in a class about literature, or philosophy, or pretty much anything not STEM. In present day, I work in an engineering field, so I have a skillset far removed from anything art. Now, I usually just either like or not a piece of media, without giving it much thought. That is, if I even take the time to watch a movie or read something without formulas in it. Even in my free time, I usually spend it thinking about engineering problems, especially given how those I surrounded myself with are as obsessive as me. But in just the 20min of this video, it got me not thinking about anything work related, and actually noticed how nice it is to appreciate and analyze the subtlety of this book. Everything very well explained, and weirdly calming. ¡So, thank you a lot for that! Sorry for the long rant, and, ¡keep up the good work!