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Related: About this forumRobots would have license to kill in San Francisco police draft policy
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/robots-would-have-license-to-kill-in-san-francisco-police-draft-policy/by: John Ferrannini
Posted: Nov 23, 2022 / 10:59 AM PST
Updated: Nov 23, 2022 / 10:59 AM PST
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) A law enforcement equipment use policy proposed by the San Francisco Police Department would allow heavy-duty robots to be used for lethal force.
Robots will only be used as a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available to SFPD, the draft policy states.
The policy also states that only assigned operators who have completed the required training shall be permitted to operate the robots.
The robots in question are unmanned and remotely-piloted. They include the IRobot First Look, a throwable, expandable robot that can be used to investigate dangerous and hazardous material and allows operations where other robots cant fit or maneuver.
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calimary
(84,337 posts)A brave new world seems rather insistent about dawning.
bucolic_frolic
(47,005 posts)Did it help in Uvalde?
mn9driver
(4,576 posts)barbtries
(29,800 posts)see response 10.
DFW
(56,552 posts)I guess its only a matter of time before some sharp hacker figures out how to take control of one these things, and decides that the biggest danger around consists of live cops, and so he decides to turn Robocop on them. Murphy wont save them this time, either. Hes still in Detroit.
Auggie
(31,802 posts)But not San Francisco. Californians will NOT ALLOW this to happen.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(2,168 posts)They used a bomb disposal robot to deliver a bomb to kill the Dallas police shooter in 2016.
Auggie
(31,802 posts)Why am I not surprised?
Turbineguy
(38,383 posts)Snarkoleptic
(6,027 posts)This story freaked me out over the summer-
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-engineer-claims-ai-chatbot-is-sentient-why-that-matters/
barbtries
(29,800 posts)jeez.
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,549 posts)Here the robot cannot be killed and I am not sure if the use of deadly force is justified