San Francisco Police can now kill high-risk suspects using robots
2 years, 1 month ago

San Francisco Police can now kill high-risk suspects using robots

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The San Francisco Police Department will now strap bomb disposal robots with explosives and try to kill high-risk suspects by detonating these robots near them. In a rather bizarre turn of events, the city of San Francisco has allowed their police department to use lethal robots against suspects. As for the San Francisco City Police Department’s claim of not arming the robots with firearms is concerned, it isn’t entirely true. Moreover, the robots that are used by most police departments for bomb disposal, which will be repurposed to blow up suspects, come from the same robot makers who supply the US army.

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San Francisco police back the fire chief’s complaint about robotaxis interfering with first responders
1 year, 6 months ago

San Francisco police back the fire chief’s complaint about robotaxis interfering with first responders

LA Times  

Two Cruise robotaxis drive through police tape into an emergency scene, where electrical wires became snarled on the rooftop lidar sensors. Waymo spokesperson Katherine Barna said in a statement: “As we operate in some of the densest parts of San Francisco and Phoenix, we navigate and interact with active emergency vehicles day and night, smoothly. We’ve long met regularly with …

See Spot spy? A new generation of police robots faces backlash
2 years ago

See Spot spy? A new generation of police robots faces backlash

LA Times  

A woman holds up a sign outside San Francisco City Hall at a demonstration against the use of robots by the city’s police department. “Piecemeal efforts” by local officials to regulate police use of such technology have largely failed to keep pace with a rapidly evolving field of robotics, said Elizabeth Joh, a UC Davis law professor. It would allow …

San Francisco police can now use lethal robots to fight criminals
2 years, 1 month ago

San Francisco police can now use lethal robots to fight criminals

The Hindu  

The San Francisco Police Department can now use robots to “incapacitate or disorient a violent, armed, or dangerous subject who presents a risk of loss of life.” On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the use of such lethal robots to save lives during violent situations. We need the option to be able to save lives in the …

San Francisco police propose using robots capable of killing people
2 years, 1 month ago

San Francisco police propose using robots capable of killing people

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The document outlines how SFPD proposes to use its collection of robots, 17 in total although 12 are not operational The San Francisco police department or SFPD has proposed the use of robots capable of ‘deadly force’ and killing suspects while responding to incidents, according to a policy draft. The document outlines how SFPD proposes to use its collection of …

Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them
2 years, 3 months ago

Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them

NPR  

Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them Enlarge this image toggle caption Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images Boston Dynamics and five other robotics companies have signed an open letter saying what many of us were already nervously hoping for anyway: Let's not weaponize general-purpose robots. The six leading …

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