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On 2016-07-21 20:36, William Flynn Wallace wrote:<br>
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Baton Rouge was killed by a pound of C4 carried by a bomb
disposal robot. As far as I know, this is the first killing
of anyone by a robot in the USA.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
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happen overseas or anywhere you know?</div>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Urada">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Urada</a><br>
Robert Williams at Ford Motors was killed by a robot 1979.<br>
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From a robot ethics perspective the explosive bomb disposal robot
wasn't that problematic: it was a remote controlled device not too
different from a torpedo or a drone, all moral responsibility
resting with the controller and their organization. The reason to be
concerned is that it pulls towards even more militarization of
police forces: after all, sending drones rather than guys in blue
into danger seems to be a great thing from the police perspective.
But mistakes happen... <br>
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(The thing to be *really* worried about is automation of law
enforcement. If state power can be implemented without any need of
citizen participation, it becomes a very frightening thing indeed.)<br>
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Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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