What Do You Think? AI Policing Over Humans!!!

What Do You Think? AI Policing Over Humans!!! By Joe Ingino The world is changing, and so is the way policing is dispatched and executed. We started with simple cameras overlooking our streets. We were told they were installed for our safety. Then came red-light cameras pointing in every direction—once again, supposedly for our safety. As technology evolved, these same safety cameras developed sophisticated facial-recognition capabilities. The information they collect can potentially be sent to a server and stored, creating an unofficial way to catalogue everyone’s movements without people even knowing it. This is high-tech surveillance.The public objected, and governments cut back on some camera programs while keeping many of the cameras in place as a supposed necessity. More recently, drones have made headlines. The idea is that they can arrive at crime scenes faster than a police officer or provide immediate aerial support.With increasing populations and greater urban density, drones could eventually become first responders. Currently, drones are being used as part of pilot programs to assist first responders. There have even been reports of drones helping police make at least one arrest in Durham Region. Now, let us close our eyes for a moment and imagine the world 20 years from today. The population may reach an all-time high. As it stands, the 911 system is already overburdened. With the introduction of artificial intelligence, an AI attendant could eventually answer your emergency call. That AI attendant could dispatch a drone to conduct video and audio analysis before sending a human police officer. The drone would have the ability to record the scene, compare faces against criminal databases and catalogue civilians as possible perpetrators, victims or witnesses. It could transmit live video of the surrounding area and identify people appearing in the footage, giving responding officers as much information as possible.Within 20 years, these drones could potentially be armed and used during hostage situations or violent domestic disputes. Using AI, a drone could assess a situation and decide whether to neutralize a threat with a Taser—or even lethal force. All in the name of public safety. I do not want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but policing in the future could be performed largely by sophisticated machines, with very little need for human involvement.Imagine an Orwellian future. A citizen calls 911. An automated system sends a drone to gather intelligence. Once the drone completes its assessment, a patrol vehicle is dispatched carrying two humanoid robots.Consider one of the biggest challenges police officers face today. Officers may arrive at a call and confront someone who is extremely aggressive, intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. The individual may become violent, and it can sometimes take four officers to bring that person under control. Now imagine the same scenario involving a humanoid robot. The condition of the assailant would not matter. The humanoid could be designed to understand body mechanics and constructed from titanium or another extremely strong material. No ordinary person would stand much of a chance.Before someone could throw a punch, the humanoid could have that person in handcuffs and on the way to jail.Do you think this sounds too futuristic?Consider the development of cellular technology. I remember people talking during my youth about telephones without cords that would be no larger than a pack of cigarettes.It sounded like crazy talk.Look at us today.Drone technology is already being used in wars—wars in which people are actually being killed.Humanoid robots are being developed and deployed for military purposes, including entering minefields while carrying specialized technology.Modern warfare is experimenting with ultrasonic weapons and electromagnetic propulsion and projection capabilities. Aircraft can now be flown remotely without pilots on board. These aircraft may travel at speeds that the human body could not tolerate. They can remain in the air for longer periods without the need for rest while providing live information to operators thousands of miles away. The United States Navy does not have only one unmanned ship. It is developing and operating a fleet of autonomous and uncrewed surface vessels. Prominent examples include the Sea Hunter, Seahawk, Ranger, Mariner, Nomad, USX-1 Defiant and GARC, the Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft. The Sea Hunter is an autonomous surface vessel originally developed for a DARPA anti-submarine tracking program. The Seahawk is an upgraded, medium-displacement autonomous prototype used to test operational concepts in the Pacific. The Ranger and Mariner are high-endurance vessels involved in the Ghost Fleet Overlord testing program. At present, no country appears to use a completely automated police force in which law enforcement, arrests and critical decisions are handled entirely by robots or artificial intelligence without human oversight. Countries such as China and the United Arab Emirates have deployed automated policing tools, but human officers remain in control. The future is here.The reality is that the world is changing. In the name of safety and convenience, we are gradually surrendering more control, privacy and responsibility to machines.The next civil war may not be between two groups of people.It could be humans versus machines. Futuristic? What do you think?