Robot Cop is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You, Sans the Human Brain

in #informationwar5 years ago (edited)

I remember the early days of Atlas and it was ugly. There was a harness, and I thought to myself this looks like a colossal waste of money. Yet, as you can see in current videos, it’s made extraordinary progress in its physical prowess. Now it can leap over logs and up large staircases as efficient as any human can, perhaps even better.

Also, the harness is no longer featured in any of the videos. Now, just imagine when they add to this robot a machine learning algorithm. Which from what I am told by those in the know, it’s the closest thing we have to AI today. Picture being accosted at a street corner by an artificial life form that requests to view your identification, or imagine it orders you to stop so it can frisk you!

VIDEO: YouTube.com/user/BostonDynamics/videos

Nothing creepy about that right? I mean how is it that one should argue with a robot about the 4th amendment that protects people against unlawful search and seizure, or why it is so important that they should never violate these constitutional maxims of law? Your guess is as good as mine!

It’s clear that DARPA is on the cusp of creating a robot cop or a robot soldier. The big question is will we Americans allow them to implement this technology on U.S. soil? Or will they first test it overseas and run an awareness campaign about how "perfect" it is before they implement it on the home front?

The police have a bad rap in America, there is no doubt of that. What if the robot cops could do it better while reducing fatalities down to a fraction of a percent of what they are now? Would we then consent to submit to machines even if it’s proven that it’s in our best interest to do so?

VIDEO: YouTube.com/user/BostonDynamics/videos

These are all some honest questions I have tumbling about in my head after having watched the various new videos of Atlas' progress. If you think they wouldn’t dare try to roll something like this out to replace the police force, then you haven’t given it due consideration. The pre-programming has existed for decades now and it’s only a matter of time at this point before they attempt to roll it out.



The image above is brought to you courtesy of Pixabay!

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