Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns
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Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns
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Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns
#2Sensationalist heading. The guns are not robotic, only remote controlled and they "only fire sponge-tipped bullets and tear gas".
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#3Sensationalist heading. The guns are not robotic, only remote controlled and they "only fire sponge-tipped bullets and tear gas".
Fair enough that it's not robotic, but the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway.
For whoever it's shooting at, it has the same psychological effect as a robot shooting.
Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns
#4Duplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33629496
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Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns
#5Sensationalist heading. The guns are not robotic, only remote controlled and they "only fire sponge-tipped bullets and tear gas".
Fair enough that it's not robotic, but the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway. For whoever it's shooting at, it has the same psychological effect as a robot shooting.
> the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway
Isn’t it objectively better than lethally-armed soldiers?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair enough that it's not robotic, but the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway. For whoever it's shooting at, it has the same psychological effect as a robot shooting.
> the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway Isn’t it objectively better than lethally-armed soldiers?
I imagine that's a complicated question. Do people remotely controlling weapons naturally make the same kind of decisions as those looking right at people?
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair enough that it's not robotic, but the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway. For whoever it's shooting at, it has the same psychological effect as a robot shooting.
> the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway Isn’t it objectively better than lethally-armed soldiers?
That was the idea behind cops carrying tasers. The reality wound up being that cops still use guns in the situations where lethal force was previously warranted, but they go for the taser in situations they'd previously have had to non-violently deescalate.
Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns
#9Sensationalist heading. The guns are not robotic, only remote controlled and they "only fire sponge-tipped bullets and tear gas".
They’re still going to be used against children though.
Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns
#10Sensationalist heading. The guns are not robotic, only remote controlled and they "only fire sponge-tipped bullets and tear gas".
How are they remotely-controlled if they're not robotic? A system of ropes and pulleys?
I think you mean to say they're not AI, but they are still robotic.