A New York Lawmaker Wants to Ban Police Use of Armed Robots

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Date published: March 18, 2021Read more about A New York Lawmaker Wants to Ban Police Use of Armed Robots“The goal for any kind of technology should be harm reduction and de-escalation,” says Peter Asaro, a roboticist and professor at the School of Media Studies at the New School.
 
“It's almost always the police officer arguing that they're defending themselves by using lethal force,” he says. “But a robot has no right to self-defense. So why would it be justified in using lethal force?”
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