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Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

By Matthew Guariglia
July 16, 2021

"It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

"Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

"Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

"Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

"There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

"We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

Read more:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont-let-police-arm-autonomous-or-remote-controlled-robots-and-drones

#ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
#ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
#CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

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Science can be abused.

Talk to enviromentalist #DavidSuzuki and you'll realise #science is not always what it says on the label.

An example is #autonomousDrone tech. If one thinks its just "for #Mars" and its not going to benefit the #corporateState totalitarians and #militarizedPolice, pay attention.

Like thousands of military-grade weapons, have dissappeared since 911 (that's from Pentagon reports) these billionaires are a #militaryContactors.

How do we pay for #spaceResearch?

#freedom

When #humanEnergy can be channelled into improving #BigTech and #autonomousDrone #AI systems without even the person knowing it, we wonder whether #HotelQuarantine might become the new variant of the #ReEducationCamp?

The #corporateMedia tells us you "must be fit" to be a worker at #covidHotel, they say you'll need many weeks of training and will be handsomely paid.

#bigData #concentrationCamp #mustBeFit

@vidak
Talk to #enviromentalist #DavidSuzuki. Science is not always what it says on the label.

If one thinks the #autonomousDrone tech they say is for #Mars is not going to benefit the #corporateState totalitarians and #militarizedPolice then pay attention.

Thousands of #military weapons, have gone missing since 911. That's from a #Pentagon Report. #SpaceX is a #militaryContactor.

Quoting an extreme #militaryBudget does not justify #NASA expenditure.

#spaceRace #moneyPrinter
@DissonantEevee

@stevenroose
See "#space firm" read, "#autonomousDrone" firm.

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