Are you convinced we're living in a cyberpunk dystopia yet?
Military use of attack robots (drones) have been around for quite some time now, the first recorded drone strike was on November 3, 2002, by the CIA killing six targets suspected of participating in al Qaeda. So robots killing humans isn't a new thing, but they are relatively new for domestic use in police forces. The first ever police use of a robot to carry out deadly force was in 2016. The robot was actually the same one used by SFPD for bomb disposal and other tasks, if you don't know that story it's pretty crazy. It involves the stealing of undergarments, military discharges, racially charged protest and one of the deadliest police shootings in American history, resulting in the killing of 5 officers and wounding 9 others.
It just makes me think that more and more use of robotics is going to be the norm whether we like it or not, I definitely can see a Chappie like future where robots are used almost exclusively for more dangerous jobs. I would absolutely love to live in a world where a military and police force isn't even necessary as people treat one another with kindness and respect, working together towards a united future where collaboration is the obvious choice for everyone involved as that provides the greatest benefit for everyone. Sadly this is not the reality we live in, most if not all aspects of our lives is built upon the foundational elements of violence, even if that foundation is mostly veiled from our immediate view.
We all know that there will be people doing bad things, putting innocent peoples lives at risk, it would be nice to be able to not have to face that danger with a potential loss of life, I think robots could have a place in those situations, where you've exhausted every other avenue. I don't see a huge difference between a gun and a robot, both are extensions and tools that an officer can use to their advantage. It's one thing if these robots are making their own decisions but at least for now they're still being controlled by humans. I think the next step will be AI implementation to where some or a lot of the decision making will be left up to the robots, to me that's more of a gray area where it's less of a tool and more of a separate entity entirely.
On the other hand is this a slippery slope? Sure allow robots for the most extreme scenarios but could that trickle down to being used for other things, or what happens when AI becomes more prevalent, is this providing a way for human decisions to be turned over to inhuman devices at a faster pace? Another huge question is the further "militarization" of our police forces, should be concerned about this, or is this just a natural reaction to a seemingly more armed populace? What about gun control is that a factor in here as well? I don't know the answers to these questions but it is interesting to see the future unfold in ways that were only once plots from 80's sci-fi action movies.
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00:00 - Intro \ SFPD Authorization
00:38 - Military Use Of Robots
01:14 - Catalyst: 2016 Dallas Texas Shooting
05:54 - Concerns of Militarization of Police
08:21 - The Inevitable Robotized Future?
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