The motion passed.
"Appalling" is an understatement.
Worse still: the cops clarified they won't arm the robots...with guns. They'll give them *explosives* instead.
Because that's better, I'm sure.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/sf-police-killer-robots-would-have-explosives-not-guns-sfpd/
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SF police ‘killer robots’ motion passes
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police in San Francisco will have the ability to deploy potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations after supervisors of the politically Democratic city granted permission Tuesday in a board vote. City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said SFPD will have access to seven robots “designed to neutralize dispose of bombs, and provide […]
Sounds like a poorly written dystopia, it could be actual policy in San Francisco soon. The meeting is tomorrow, November 29. San Franciscans, contact your board of supervisors:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/red-alert-sfpd-want-power-kill-robots
#ACAB #ArmedRobots #KillerRobots
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Red Alert: The SFPD Want the Power to Kill with Robots
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote soon on a policy that would allow the San Francisco Police Department to use deadly force by arming its many robots. This is a spectacularly dangerous idea and EFF’s stance is clear: police should not arm robots.TAKE ACTIONEMAIL YOUR SUPERVISOR: don'...
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