New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago. “Digidog is out of the pound,” said Adams, a Democrat and former police officer. “Digidog is now part of the toolkit that we are using.” Adams said the remote-controlled, 70-pound (32-kilogram) Digidog will be deployed in risky situations like hostage standoffs starting this summer. Link to article: Robot police dog returns to NYPD despite earlier criticism | AP News
“Derided as creepy and dystopian” I tend to agree, although I don’t see the trend ever reversing. Eventually a lot of service jobs will be performed by robots. As more and more people grow up surrounded by the technology, it’ll become normalized. There might even come a time when these things are armed to take down real or perceived “threats”.
Did you catch that russia Chess robot grab the boys finger during the chess game? It injured his finger.
Haven't they seen the movies to know how this stuff ends up going? And one of the most worrisome parts of a police dog are the teeth. Does that one have a laser or taser instead of teeth?
