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Or in the defense of another. It wouldn’t make sense for a robot to take a life to save its own, but it might make sense for it to take a life to save your moth
by symfoniq 4y ago
Or in the defense of another. It wouldn’t make sense for a robot to take a life to save its own, but it might make sense for it to take a life to save your mother’s.
- didericis 4y agoWhat happens when you fake danger to get robots to murder people for you. Or when the robot has “bugs” that kill demographics you don’t like more often. This is a horrifically terrible idea. It is imperative that a human always be a decision maker about lethal force so proper judgement can be made and someone can be held accountable if it is made badly.
- yreg 4y agoThe article is about remote controlled robots, not AI. (If I understand correctly.)
- edgyquant 4y agoYou are not the only person to think of this. Obviously this is a huge reason we don’t have police drones yet.
- blurbleblurble 4y agoI don't know why people are downvoting this. Where I live the police union boss was a known white supremacist for a decade. The police department was known to have members who tallied their kill counts competitively. For dogs and for people. We have serious problems with accountability of law enforcement in the US.
- rolph 4y agoi not sure if this completely applies here but i think police forces should not be allowed to hire ex military into general beat cops. goon squad yes, but the headset of a soldier, and the headset of a cop are very different philosophies, though both have crept close together in the years.
- stale2002 4y ago> What happens when you fake danger So what, you go up to a bank, with a fake gun, and then say "lul, I was just robbing you as a prank bro?" Probably the same thing will happen to you, as would happen to you right now, if you pointed a fake gun at someone.
- Semaphor 4y agoIn the case of the bank, or the fake gun, the prankster might get shot. In the case of the robot, the pranked person might be shot. Doesn’t quite seem the same.
- stale2002 4y agoNo actually, the pranker would get shot in both cases. The person pointing a fake gun at someone, would be the one shot either way, even if a robot did the shooting.
- Semaphor 4y agoI don’t think you understand what GP meant. They meant faking you (as the prankster) being in danger, so the robot kills someone else (the prankee) for you.
- rolph 4y agoswatting, but with drones now.
- whoknew1122 4y agoWhat does that mean though? The whole 'suspect is holding a hostage as a human shield so you shoot the suspect before they kill the hostage' is a fun trope for TV and movies, but that's not how things work in real life. Also, criminals will know the robots have these capabilities, too. If a barricaded suspect hears or sees a robot rummaging around, that could be interpreted as force escalation. Which may cause the criminal to react in unpredictable ways that increase risk to the public and police officers.
- notabee 4y agohttps://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/do-the-police-have-an-obligation-to-protect-you/ https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/do-the-polic...