Atlanta doesn't want a real-life RoboCop: City council unanimously backs ban on weaponized robots
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Through the looking glass: We're moving ever closer to a future in which law enforcement controls robots that can kill. But Atlanta has just recommended a new act that ensures this dystopian vision doesn't come to pass: the HALT (Human Authority over Lethal Technology) Act.
Introduced by Council member Liliana Bakhtiari, the act prohibits city employees and contractors, including police, from buying or otherwise acquiring weaponized autonomous systems, drones and remotely operated machines.
In addition to drones, these autonomous killing machines include robot dogs and military-like robots armed with weapons. The act specifically exempts machines used strictly for neutralizing explosives.
"This is about making sure that we are investing in technology with our officers, not replacing them, quite frankly, with 'RoboCop,'" Bakhtiari said.
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