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by eeZah7Ux 1987 days ago
Judging by the use of drones for "extrajudicial" assassination, the narrative of robots as merciful weapons sounds dubious at best.
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bradyd 1987 days ago
Police in the US have already used a robot to execute a suspect after a sniper killed 5 police officers.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/8/12129348/dallas-shooting-b...

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XorNot 1987 days ago
A drone at 2 miles up isn't arresting anyone.
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eeZah7Ux 1987 days ago
Interesting comparison, in times of militarized trigger-happy police...
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XorNot 1987 days ago
Which again, a robot has no need or ability to be.
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