‘Fully intelligent’ robot police will be on the streets by 2017

[Jazzy]

Most people are a little apprehensive about robot policemen – possibly because of that scene in Robocop where the giant droid machine-guns the guy in the office.

But the Dubai police force aim to have fully functioning robo-cops on the beat by 2017.

In layman’s terms, that is REALLY SOON.

Thankfully, the Dubai robo-police will be on the peaceful side, at least to begin with.

Colonel Khalid Nasser Alrazooq told a security conference in Dubai, ‘The robots will interact directly with people and tourists. They will include an interactive screen and microphone connected to the Dubai Police call centers. People will be able to ask questions and make complaints, but they will also have fun interacting with the robots.’

But they’ll rapidly get more intelligent, the police chief says.

He hopes to have fully AI-driven models on the streets within four to five years.

‘These will be fully intelligent robots that can interact with people, with no human intervention at all. This is still under research and development, but we are planning on it,’ he said.

Just for reference, here is Robocop’s prediction of ‘the future of law enforcement’.

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Thoughts?

 

[DirtRider]

Well at least they will be able to make logical choices and shoot them all the exact same way

 

[Dee]

And its name will be Robocop. Prepare to have your dicks shot off, criminals:

 

[Jazzy]

Thankfully, the Dubai robo-police will be on the peaceful side, at least to begin with.

Then what? They become violent and start shooting innocent people? Oh wait...that's happening now and they're not even robo-cops.

 

[Icetex's iconIcetex]

skynet is coming

 

[Jazzy]

Everyone take cover!

 

[Shido-kun]

I hear an invasion of the robots coming..

 

[mrldii]

Because I live in Stockton (California), it will be interesting to see what a "fully" intelligent police officer looks/acts like. :halo2:

 

[Dee]

In a perfect scenario, these "peace officers" would not need to use deadly force because they are first and foremost not mortal human beings. Therefore, what's the point in having to use deadly force if they can easily take a shot or a stab, etc? I get the fear of AI taking over and going crazy on shooting sprees, but we don't know for certain if that will happen or not. It's a matter of time.