- alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) 6•2 years ago
goes without saying: this is bad! practically speaking though, what is the utility here–is it the same principle as remote-controlled bombs that some PDs have?
I’m not entirely sure, but the Lt. of the PD was quoted giving this hypothetical scenario in which such a robot could be useful:
“I mean, is it possible we have an active shooter in a place we can’t get to? And he’s fortified inside a house? Or we’re trying to get to a person —”
- lumpen2 ( @o_0@slrpnk.net ) 2•2 years ago
manmade horrors beyond my comprehension if you ram the killer cop robot with your car is that 'assaulting a police officer?
Probably not the offense of assaulting an officer but rather destruction of government property.
- Kuromantis ( @Kuromantis@beehaw.org ) 3•2 years ago
They alleged corporations are people, maybe they’ll say SPOT’s (the Boston Dynamic bot) are legally people too.