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San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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Re: San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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Re: San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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As long as it's remotely controlled, it's not a bad idea. Why should policemen risk their lives when confronting dangerous criminals? I see two potential problems though: 1) security, 2) sooner or later - in 20 or 50 years - someone will have the brilliant idea of making one of those "autonomous". This would be the beginning of a long nightmare.

Given the history of IoT botnets, the remote control aspect is exactly why this is a bad idea. Cops are not more technologically savvy than the average person. There's no way to tell at a glance if a death robot is controlled by good guys or bad guys. You just see a shotgun on tank treads rolling through the school hallway.

Re: San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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It seems like it is remotely controlled by human Cool

You don't have to be at the scene anymore to kill George floyd.

There's crazy level's of PTSD in drone operators.

There's a really bleak movie called good kill that captures this in a military context.

And here's the real life version. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/former-drone-ope...

Anyway, this sounds like a very terrible idea.

Re: San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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As long as it's remotely controlled, it's not a bad idea. Why should policemen risk their lives when confronting dangerous criminals? I see two potential problems though: 1) security, 2) sooner or later - in 20 or 50 years - someone will have the brilliant idea of making one of those "autonomous". This would be the beginning of a long nightmare.

Policing is already far too impersonal and cold, giving someone who is completely detached a remote-control gun is very high on the list of bad ideas.

Re: San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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As long as it's remotely controlled, it's not a bad idea. Why should policemen risk their lives when confronting dangerous criminals? I see two potential problems though: 1) security, 2) sooner or later - in 20 or 50 years - someone will have the brilliant idea of making one of those "autonomous". This would be the beginning of a long nightmare.

Given the history of IoT botnets, the remote control aspect is exactly why this is a bad idea. Cops are not more technologically savvy than the average person. There's no way to tell at a glance if a death robot is controlled by good guys or bad guys. You just see a shotgun on tank treads rolling through the school hallway.

> There's no way to tell at a glance if a death robot is controlled by good guys or bad guys.

The worst mass shooting in history was made by a guy dressed up as a cop, there is no way to tell if anyone is a good guy before they start shooting.

Re: San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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The robots’ controllers aren’t under any threat at any time.

They might get to hear some rather choice language: that alone could be considered stressful. Let alone what they can see (depending on where they choose to point the camera(s)). So, the threat of a better ptsd-related pension can always be considered real.

/s just for shiggles; i do appreciate even remote situations may be incredibly stressful - ask a drone pilot/ bomb okay-er or two. Dunno about cops.

Re: San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’

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As long as it's remotely controlled, it's not a bad idea. Why should policemen risk their lives when confronting dangerous criminals? I see two potential problems though: 1) security, 2) sooner or later - in 20 or 50 years - someone will have the brilliant idea of making one of those "autonomous". This would be the beginning of a long nightmare.

> 2) sooner or later - in 20 or 50 years - someone will have the brilliant idea of making one of those "autonomous".

2 to 5 years

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