“Unarmed machines also pose less of a threat to a suspect than a nervous or angry human police officer with a gun.”
Because the last thing we want is for a suspect to feel a threat.
But if they’re already running over toddlers, are they truly less of a threat? Do we want to give a machine a gun where it might shoot someone because of a technical glitch? I think there is a role for these devices in law enforcement, but there should be some pretty hard limits imposed.
But if they’re already running over toddlers, are they truly less of a threat? Do we want to give a machine a gun where it might shoot someone because of a technical glitch? I think there is a role for these devices in law enforcement, but there should be some pretty hard limits imposed.
Last edited 1 year ago by Steve Jolly
Warren Trees
1 year ago
“Unarmed machines also pose less of a threat to a suspect than a nervous or angry human police officer with a gun.”
Because the last thing we want is for a suspect to feel a threat.
David Kingsworthy
1 year ago
I for one welcome our new robot dog overlords.
David Kingsworthy
1 year ago
I for one welcome our new robot dog overlords.
james elliott
1 year ago
If ever there was a perfect tool to impose Fascism and a Totalitarian nightmare on a society…… it is programmable robots as a police force.
Stop this madness immediately.
james elliott
1 year ago
If ever there was a perfect tool to impose Fascism and a Totalitarian nightmare on a society…… it is programmable robots as a police force.
Stop this madness immediately.
Nicky Samengo-Turner
1 year ago
one robot has the IQ of every ‘ pleeceman” in Britain- some of the thickest people in the nation.
Nicky Samengo-Turner
1 year ago
one robot has the IQ of every ‘ pleeceman” in Britain- some of the thickest people in the nation.
Jeremy Bray
1 year ago
The device shooting a GPS tracker into a fleeing vehicle sounds useful. I can’t see the problem in the police using a surveillance device to check out potential criminal activity whether in the form of a dog or other device. Perhaps someone can explain why it is sinister.
Feature creep? I would agree that we need strict regulation; we have a danger of going too rapidly down the ED-209 path. (The misuse of surveillance data is a separate issue).
Get worried if the captchas start changing such that instead of training self-driving cars, we’re being asked to ‘select the person carrying a gun’.
Like any tool, including firearms, it can be used for good or for bad. I think some of the angst over robots and AI is irrational fear of new technology. One can go back and find similar fears of things like the steam engine, the automobile, etc. What we should really worry about is what unscrupulous greedy or power hungry people will use these things to do. That, I think, is where the fear is legitimate.
Feature creep? I would agree that we need strict regulation; we have a danger of going too rapidly down the ED-209 path. (The misuse of surveillance data is a separate issue).
Get worried if the captchas start changing such that instead of training self-driving cars, we’re being asked to ‘select the person carrying a gun’.
Like any tool, including firearms, it can be used for good or for bad. I think some of the angst over robots and AI is irrational fear of new technology. One can go back and find similar fears of things like the steam engine, the automobile, etc. What we should really worry about is what unscrupulous greedy or power hungry people will use these things to do. That, I think, is where the fear is legitimate.
There is the kernel of an answer within your question:
How can we be sure robots “shooting a GPS tracker” hit their target, and not an innocent bystander? And, should it happen, who is responsible?
Jeremy Bray
1 year ago
The device shooting a GPS tracker into a fleeing vehicle sounds useful. I can’t see the problem in the police using a surveillance device to check out potential criminal activity whether in the form of a dog or other device. Perhaps someone can explain why it is sinister.
“Black Mirror”. We are there.
“Black Mirror”. We are there.
“Unarmed machines also pose less of a threat to a suspect than a nervous or angry human police officer with a gun.”
Because the last thing we want is for a suspect to feel a threat.
But if they’re already running over toddlers, are they truly less of a threat? Do we want to give a machine a gun where it might shoot someone because of a technical glitch? I think there is a role for these devices in law enforcement, but there should be some pretty hard limits imposed.
But if they’re already running over toddlers, are they truly less of a threat? Do we want to give a machine a gun where it might shoot someone because of a technical glitch? I think there is a role for these devices in law enforcement, but there should be some pretty hard limits imposed.
“Unarmed machines also pose less of a threat to a suspect than a nervous or angry human police officer with a gun.”
Because the last thing we want is for a suspect to feel a threat.
I for one welcome our new robot dog overlords.
I for one welcome our new robot dog overlords.
If ever there was a perfect tool to impose Fascism and a Totalitarian nightmare on a society…… it is programmable robots as a police force.
Stop this madness immediately.
If ever there was a perfect tool to impose Fascism and a Totalitarian nightmare on a society…… it is programmable robots as a police force.
Stop this madness immediately.
one robot has the IQ of every ‘ pleeceman” in Britain- some of the thickest people in the nation.
one robot has the IQ of every ‘ pleeceman” in Britain- some of the thickest people in the nation.
The device shooting a GPS tracker into a fleeing vehicle sounds useful. I can’t see the problem in the police using a surveillance device to check out potential criminal activity whether in the form of a dog or other device. Perhaps someone can explain why it is sinister.
Feature creep? I would agree that we need strict regulation; we have a danger of going too rapidly down the ED-209 path. (The misuse of surveillance data is a separate issue).
Get worried if the captchas start changing such that instead of training self-driving cars, we’re being asked to ‘select the person carrying a gun’.
Like any tool, including firearms, it can be used for good or for bad. I think some of the angst over robots and AI is irrational fear of new technology. One can go back and find similar fears of things like the steam engine, the automobile, etc. What we should really worry about is what unscrupulous greedy or power hungry people will use these things to do. That, I think, is where the fear is legitimate.
…..unscrupulous greedy or power hungry people…..You mean “Politicians?”.
“One can go back and find similar fears of things like the steam engine, the automobile, etc.”
Yes, it’s not as though automobile would go on to lead to millions of deaths.
Touche. Well played sir.
Touche. Well played sir.
…..unscrupulous greedy or power hungry people…..You mean “Politicians?”.
“One can go back and find similar fears of things like the steam engine, the automobile, etc.”
Yes, it’s not as though automobile would go on to lead to millions of deaths.
There is the kernel of an answer within your question:
How can we be sure robots “shooting a GPS tracker” hit their target, and not an innocent bystander? And, should it happen, who is responsible?
I’m compelled to comment that the perfect is the enemy of the good.
I’m compelled to comment that the perfect is the enemy of the good.
Feature creep? I would agree that we need strict regulation; we have a danger of going too rapidly down the ED-209 path. (The misuse of surveillance data is a separate issue).
Get worried if the captchas start changing such that instead of training self-driving cars, we’re being asked to ‘select the person carrying a gun’.
Like any tool, including firearms, it can be used for good or for bad. I think some of the angst over robots and AI is irrational fear of new technology. One can go back and find similar fears of things like the steam engine, the automobile, etc. What we should really worry about is what unscrupulous greedy or power hungry people will use these things to do. That, I think, is where the fear is legitimate.
There is the kernel of an answer within your question:
How can we be sure robots “shooting a GPS tracker” hit their target, and not an innocent bystander? And, should it happen, who is responsible?
The device shooting a GPS tracker into a fleeing vehicle sounds useful. I can’t see the problem in the police using a surveillance device to check out potential criminal activity whether in the form of a dog or other device. Perhaps someone can explain why it is sinister.