Much has been said at conferences and meetings of experts on the subject about the ethics involved in the development of robotics and artificial intelligence by entities closely related to military issues. A clear example is in the new weapon that the United States police are beginning to use, a robot capable of shooting down any suspect. As a preview, let me tell you that this robot has already been used by the police to shoot down a sniper who, together with a team made up of a second sniper and three people, currently in custody, planned to kill white policemen during a protest.
Undoubtedly, the United States lives quite convulsive days in terms of human rights and racism, even so, and despite the social complications that exist there ... Do the country's security forces have the right to start using photos to kill suspects? On this occasion, suspect identified as Micah X Johnson He was a 25-year-old veteran of Afghanistan who until that day had no criminal record or was affiliated with any kind of radical group. It is believed that he was responsible for killing three policemen during the protests.
Police use a robot to locate and set off a bomb
During the chase, Micah finally ended up barricading himself in a vocational training center, once there he was negotiating with the police where, apparently, he explained that he was upset by the recent shootings and I just wanted to kill targets, especially white cops. The negotiation progressed without much success until it was considered unsuccessful. At this point the authorities decided to use a technique never before used in this type of case, use a robot to take down Micah.
The procedure was very simple, a robot designed to deactivate bombs was used although, on this occasion, its end was completely differentIn other words, this robot was equipped with a bomb, an artifact that it carried inside the building. Once in position, the robot itself, remotely controlled by an operator, placed the pump in place and left it ready to be activated. Once the robot left the training center, it was detonated to kill the suspect.