San Francisco considers allowing law enforcement robots to use lethal force
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#2Will weaponized robots first become a thing in the West or elsewhere? First Israel, now San Francisco, a pretty dystopic future lying ahead.
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#4Ryan Calo is a law and information science professor at the University of Washington and also studies robotics. He says he's long been concerned about the increasing militarization of police forces, but that police units across the country might be attracted to utilizing robots because "it permits officers to incapacitate a dangerous individual without putting themselves in harm's way."
Robots could also keep suspects safe too, Calo points out. When officers use lethal force at their own discretion, often the justification is that the officer felt unsafe and perceived a threat. But he notes, "you send robots into a situation and there just isn't any reason to use lethal force because no one is actually endangered."
Case closed. Incapacitation should be the only usecase in a situation that removes all endangerment to officers and bystanders.
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#5Personally, I’d love to see robot drones remotely apply lethal force to people breaking into vehicles, but it’ll be a long time before enough red tape will be cut to make that happen.
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#6We obviously need the right to have personal lethal combat robots if the state intends to use them against the people.
Let's just not go down this road and not give the police the right to use lethal combat robots
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#7Personally, I’d love to see robot drones remotely apply lethal force to people breaking into vehicles, but it’ll be a long time before enough red tape will be cut to make that happen.
Sounds peachy until you accidentally drop your car keys while trying to unlock your car and a robot kills you on the spot.
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#8Will weaponized robots first become a thing in the West or elsewhere? First Israel, now San Francisco, a pretty dystopic future lying ahead.
The word 'robot' is what is new here, not machine guns, airplanes and the like .. weaponized machines led to the Great Wars of the 20th Century.
Re: San Francisco considers allowing law enforcement robots to use lethal force
#9Will weaponized robots first become a thing in the West or elsewhere? First Israel, now San Francisco, a pretty dystopic future lying ahead.
The word 'robot' is what is new here, not machine guns, airplanes and the like .. weaponized machines led to the Great Wars of the 20th Century.
I guess you're right and that the type of government wouldn't preclude the development of dystopic weapons.
Re: San Francisco considers allowing law enforcement robots to use lethal force
#10Personally, I’d love to see robot drones remotely apply lethal force to people breaking into vehicles, but it’ll be a long time before enough red tape will be cut to make that happen.
Kill people breaking into cars? What an excessive reaction.