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NickB79

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16. Kids bled out in the hour waiting for a response

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:07 PM

Oct 2022

There were literally kids that could have been saved if they were rescued just 10 minutes sooner. They were still alive but too far gone once they got to the hospital.

No one thinks they could get a robot in before kids got shot; the gunman was shooting within minutes of entry. That's a strawman argument. But they could have potentially gotten a robot in within 30 minutes, based on how fast they got SWAT on site. That would have saved lives.

And again, it's literally no different than an armed officer going in. The robot is controlled by an officer, so it's not an AI.

Would you object to living cops going in before kids were shot, due to fear the cops may hit a child in the crossfire?

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Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2022 OP

Hell no! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #1

Shooting robots might have stopped the massacre in Uvalde FakeNoose Oct 2022 #2

Gee--what could possibly go wrong...? First Speaker Oct 2022 #3

Now that would be a legal and ethical nightmare. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #4

The robot isn't AI NickB79 Oct 2022 #12

Makes sense. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #17

It wasn't my fault the joy stick malfunctioned nt doc03 Oct 2022 #19

I shall buy stock in OCP Sympthsical Oct 2022 #5

See, SOMEONE ELSE gets how capitalism and sci-fi references work lol.. Volaris Oct 2022 #20

Cowards. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2022 #6

Makes Robocop seem prescient captain queeg Oct 2022 #7

Runaway (1984) Future Cop Tom Selleck Takes Down Rogue Robots Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #9

ACAB -- even robot ones. FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #8

Yeah. Pretty much. TDale313 Oct 2022 #10

Would have been nice to have in the Uvalde mass shooting NickB79 Oct 2022 #11

Will you feel that way when the robot is responsible for killing kids? Nevilledog Oct 2022 #13

What, they were safer in the classroom with the AR-armed gun nut? NickB79 Oct 2022 #14

And if the robot had gone in while kids were still alive? Nevilledog Oct 2022 #15

Kids bled out in the hour waiting for a response NickB79 Oct 2022 #16

So it's acceptable to sacrifice some kids by robot shotgunning, so long as others might make it? Nevilledog Oct 2022 #18

Same thing is possible if cops had breached the room Kaleva Oct 2022 #23

Unless they're referring to terrorism situations, why would they need that? ecstatic Oct 2022 #21

And is a robot going to be better or worse... Iggo Oct 2022 #22