"The decision by Dallas police to deploy a robot to kill the man who shot and killed five officers last week appears to be unprecedented. Though the police chief said other options would have exposed officers to grave danger, the move fomented debate around the militarization of police and the ethical implications of remote-controlled use of force. What considerations should guide the use of robots in policing?"
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Sunday, July 17, 2016
What Ethics Should Guide the Use of Robots in Policing?; New York Times, 7/14/16
Room for Debate, New York Times; What Ethics Should Guide the Use of Robots in Policing? :
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