• alyaza [they/she]M
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    61 year 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?

    • vxnxntOP
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      21 year ago

      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
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    21 year ago

    manmade horrors beyond my comprehension if you ram the killer cop robot with your car is that 'assaulting a police officer?

    • vxnxntOP
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      41 year ago

      Probably not the offense of assaulting an officer but rather destruction of government property.

    • @Kuromantis@beehaw.org
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      31 year ago

      They alleged corporations are people, maybe they’ll say SPOT’s (the Boston Dynamic bot) are legally people too.