San Francisco allowing police to use lethal robots in emergency situations could open the city up to a slew of new issues ... according to the president of the city's board of supervisors.
San Francisco is heading down a dangerous, slippery slope with its proposal to deploy robots that can use lethal force ... that's according to the President of the city's board of supervisors.joined us Friday on"TMZ Live," and ran down a list of ways he feels the armed police robots could backfire, and he says hacking is a huge concern.
Critics are concerned innocent POC could be disproportionately harmed when these robots are deployed at city crime scenes. Shamann says the department's reasons for using robots just don't track for him, and he gives several examples where they wouldn't be practical.
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