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Strangely, I prefer to be shot by a robot than a human cop. Either I had it coming or it was purely an accident. Either way, robots don't get qualified immunity

by _8j50 4y ago

Strangely, I prefer to be shot by a robot than a human cop. Either I had it coming or it was purely an accident. Either way, robots don't get qualified immunity and for some reason it feels less personal, perhaps because robots can't have malicious intent (yet!).

chillbill 4y ago
Yep, that’s strange. The robot could also get hacked by a rouge (or not so rouge) agent attempting to kill you or someone else? At this point, and if these flying bombing robots actually start going around, I’m absolutely certain it will happen.
- _8j50 4y ago
  It could and would get hacked but would it be as often as cops injure and kill people today?
  - chillbill 4y ago
    Compared to how many people exists in the world and how many cops there is, there’s really not that much of that happening. Media reporting is widely skewing people’s views.
kupopuffs 4y ago
Humans are messy and hard to change Robots can be continuously iterated on. Which can be kind of scary
- _8j50 4y ago
  I use to think so but noe I think unpredictable and cruel humans are scarier. You can debug/troubleshoot a machine but people's free will and complexity makes them dangerous. If a robot sues me, I can sue its operator. If a person shoots me, they can claim an accident, self-defence,qualified immunity,etc... so robot operators have a good incentive to be right when they fire. The scary part isn't the bots but who controls them.
bearmode 4y ago
These aren't autonomous - they require a human controller