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Armed Police Bots with Stun Guns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-don't-serve-their-kind-here dept.

foniksonik writes "'On 28 June, Taser International of Arizona announced plans to equip robots with stun guns ... the new stun-capable robots could be used against civilians.' Non-lethal weapons experts are concerned that the robots will have to stun the suspected criminal for longer periods of time while awaiting human police to come make the official arrest. "If someone is severely punished by an autonomous robot, who are you going to take to a tribunal?" asks Steve Wright, a security expert at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK."

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  1. Wellllll... by stonecypher · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If someone is severely punished by an autonomous robot, who are you going to take to a tribunal?"
    Skynet.
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    1. Re:Wellllll... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I'll be back... for the appeal."

  2. Why wont people stop..... by Spookticus · · Score: 2, Funny

    .....acting the way they are and getting into trouble where they need to be stunned in the first place :P

    1. Re:Why wont people stop..... by Nazlfrag · · Score: 2, Funny

      Indeed. Bleeding hearts like to call Taser recipients 'victims', but I tell you, if they were innocent they wouldn't be tasered now, would they?

  3. On the next episode of "brilliant fucking ideas" by geminidomino · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cops that can be neutralized with a refridgerator magnet! (Hey, it works on Bender!)

  4. Diminishing Returns by had3l · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can they stunlock or are there diminishing returns?

  5. Re:The person operating it by mcpkaaos · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who operates an autonomous robot? I want that job. I could even do it from home.

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  6. Civilian uses ? by ls671 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can I buy one to beat up people that don't pay ?

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  7. If you're not doing anything wrong... by jon287 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...what have you got to be afraid of? Malfunctioning police robots with giant killer tasers?

    Oh... wait...

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  8. Who gets to read the source code? by AHuxley · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Capitalist West expensive robot stuns you.
    In Soviet Russia buggy robot source code stuns you.

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  9. Re:Easy... by sfm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't worry, nothing can go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong...

  10. Re:ED209 says ... by CrackedButter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dude, everybody knows you only need a 7 year old girl with a laptop to control the ED-209.

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  11. I, for one by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do NOT welcome our new taser-bearing robot overBZZZZZZTT Gaaaah!

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  12. Re:My Question for Humanity by Cheesey · · Score: 2, Funny

    At this stage of development of an AI I can trust the computer only to show a letter 'a' on the screen when I press the 'a' key.

    I think it can be summarised like this:
    - Current AIs are not clever enough to be in charge of weapons, because they aren't capable of understanding when they should be used.
    - Science fiction AIs are too clever to be in charge of weapons, because they always use them to take over the world.
    On the whole, it sounds like a really really bad idea to give an AI a gun, no matter how smart the AI might be.

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  13. This is why we don't need robots... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... we need some sharks with some frickin' "tasers" on their heads instead