The great robot apocalypse has been temporarily delayed after San Francisco changed course on the use of robots for deadly force.
San Francisco almost went forward with a controversial policy that would let police use killer robots.
The initial approval of the plan generated fierce pushback and caveats about the militarisation and automation of policing, with protesters noting that the situation was getting too close to a dystopian science fiction movie. “We should be working on ways to decrease the use of force by local law enforcement, not giving them new tools to kill people.”
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