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Robot Police Dogs / Rod McCullom

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🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Undark Magazine's Rod McCullom discusses his article, "Robot Police Dogs Are on Patrol, But Who’s Holding the Leash? Numerous cities have acquired dog-like robots for policing. Researchers say the lack of transparency is worrying." Another installment of 'The Past Inside the Present' from Dr. Seb Wüpper, this time on the Boxer Rebellion.

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the water is will be. I'll get our power and water.

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I will have to be

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I think it's out. And then. This is hell.

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Hell.

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live from the United States where the law is far too often the crime.

0:47.0

This is hell.

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And if you want to increase the likelihood that law can commit a crime and then not be held accountable or responsible for that crime,

0:58.0

have the police employ robot police dogs.

1:03.4

Unsurprisingly a lot of people are very unhappy

1:07.0

about the very idea of robot police dogs.

1:10.8

Even more unsurprising, the people who are the least happy about the concept are

1:14.9

marginalized people, people of color and those living in, let's say, less than

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privileged communities. You know the people who the police always target first when employing any new police technology.

1:29.1

Sure, it makes sense to deploy robot dogs when rescuing people following earthquakes and other disasters as well as

1:37.0

dismantling bombs. But doing the job of police, and here's something that makes it even more frightening. The

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public doesn't necessarily know if their local cops have robot police dogs.

1:53.0

Can you imagine not knowing your local police have

1:57.0

robot police dogs and all of a sudden you're confronted by a four-legged robot barking commands at you?

2:03.0

I don't know about you, but I'd freak out.

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In a few minutes we will be discussing.

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Yes, robot police dogs,

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with science and tech journalist and columnist Rod McCollum who

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