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17. Makes sense.

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 08:14 PM

Oct 2022

The future of both policing and war, it appears.

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Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2022 OP

Hell no! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #1

Shooting robots might have stopped the massacre in Uvalde FakeNoose Oct 2022 #2

Gee--what could possibly go wrong...? First Speaker Oct 2022 #3

Now that would be a legal and ethical nightmare. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #4

The robot isn't AI NickB79 Oct 2022 #12

Makes sense. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #17

It wasn't my fault the joy stick malfunctioned nt doc03 Oct 2022 #19

I shall buy stock in OCP Sympthsical Oct 2022 #5

Cowards. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2022 #6

Makes Robocop seem prescient captain queeg Oct 2022 #7

Runaway (1984) Future Cop Tom Selleck Takes Down Rogue Robots Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #9

ACAB -- even robot ones. FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #8

Yeah. Pretty much. TDale313 Oct 2022 #10

Would have been nice to have in the Uvalde mass shooting NickB79 Oct 2022 #11

Will you feel that way when the robot is responsible for killing kids? Nevilledog Oct 2022 #13

What, they were safer in the classroom with the AR-armed gun nut? NickB79 Oct 2022 #14

And if the robot had gone in while kids were still alive? Nevilledog Oct 2022 #15

Kids bled out in the hour waiting for a response NickB79 Oct 2022 #16

Same thing is possible if cops had breached the room Kaleva Oct 2022 #23

And is a robot going to be better or worse... Iggo Oct 2022 #22