[LINK] Are Robots Still Just "Tools" When They Are Used to Kill?

Johann Kruse whassaname at gmail.com
Tue Jul 12 12:45:34 AEST 2016


What if this had instead been a police sniper?


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From: Paul Bolger <pbolger at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 13:01
Subject: Re: [LINK] Are Robots Still Just "Tools" When They Are Used to Kill?
To: Jim Birch <planetjim at gmail.com>
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I wondered whether this was something they had prepared for this sort
of situation, or something they cobbled together.

I'm not sure though that this approach is justifiable. If the operator
of the robot/remote unit is not under any danger from the offender are
they still under the legal protection of 'killing to save themselves'.
I suspect not.

On 11 July 2016 at 
13:59, Jim Birch <planetjim at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Robot kill" sounds spooky but this was not really a robot in the sense of
> an autonomous machine - it's just another technologically advanced weapon.
> A heat-seeking missile is more autonomous than this robot.
>
> Jim
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