Do you think you could trust an AI police force?

[Anonymous]

I would trust an AI police force to do the job better than human ones

I could trust them if they were required to partner with at least one remote human officer

I could trust them if they were required to partner in the field with human officers

No, human officers only, no AI robocops

A total of 49 votes were cast: 15 girls and 34 guys. See detailed results

[Chazmatazz269]

No more or less than a human force.
First of all, AI is designed by human beings. One of the compelling facts about religion is its ability to highlight how impossible it is to remove the birthmarks of our creator (s), no matter how desperately we want to be different.
Second, hackers. Every computer system on the planet is vulnerable and most have already been hacked repeatedly. The “secure” ones are unbelievably expensive to maintain. Ever notice how our government never spends the big bucks on serving and protecting its citizens?
Lastly, in the highly unlikely event that AI could cognitively evolve differently from humans in literally the exact same environment, that only makes them prone to new types and elevations of corruption that we haven’t observed in ourselves… yet.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Absolutely not.

This topic, the moral consequences of giving any governing or authority power to any AI has been discussed in thousand works of fiction. The answer is almost always the same: Dystopia

As long as AI cannot suffer then it cannot understand people. And if it doesn't understand people then it's a form of cognitive power emotionally impaired. In short, dumb. Dumbness will harm us. Because that's already what dumb people do, they are hurtful without even knowing or understanding damage they create.

Side note. One famous work of fiction showed a fully intelligent AI, as in cognitively and emotionally literate. This fictional AI, R. Giskard Reventlov, comes from Asimov's Robot Series.

[wynning]

The world isn't clear cut and neither is a lot of what the police deal with. AI might be able to handle black and white situations fine but the nuance in how humans are will complicate everything from intent, context and morals.

Can we really train empathy? The consistent and cold indifference... I don't think it be made to "understand" why someone would do something for example. Or why there's an "outlier" to all the info it infers from. Doesn't justice need more than just efficiency?

[FreyaRed]

Yes, AI should be autonomous but its rights as cops should be just limited to observation and warnings. No force especially deadly force allowed to AI. Abuse potential is too high for giving AI weapons even non lethal ones. Otherwise a non corrupt autonomous police camera that observes and ensures everything is lawful seems to be welcome.

[MisterWack]

I don’t even trust human officers with emergencies,

AI programmed to be as brutal, hostile, and Anti-Human as possible would make things worse.

I was inspired when I saw local police forced to go into their communities they serve in and talk to residents, have fun conversation with children, also check up on people and how they are doing also meet with shopkeepers in a friendly manner which reduced the crime in the region also reduced hostile police action.
With AI, you can’t get this… They are given programming from their enforcers and can be extremely difficult to deal with. I wouldn’t trust AI over our human officers in that regard.

[IHaveRespawned]

There are many issues that can arise from this. I can attest to this because I used to work in public safety.

Officers are often dispatched to mental health emergencies where one is suicidal or a potential danger to themselves or others in some capacity. Officers are often the one's to sign for an involuntary mental health hold. Officers also may sometimes need to render first aid in a medical emergency. These are very vulnerable situations that need very careful emotional intelligence and an understanding of a situation. Also, you may have individuals who are autistic, non-verbal, or have a developmental or intellectual disability. These are very fragile situations that I feel a robotic police force is incompetent to handle.

[SteveSmith1985]

No. That's some dystopian shit. I would trust them even less than the human police. I am weirdly offended by the very idea. I have feelings about this, that are surprising me in how strong they are. I would tell you more about what I would do if this ever came about... but I do not want to incriminate myself... to the future AI Policebots. (It could be used as evidence by in my AI trial).

[Anonymous]

Any AI Police would only be as good as the Programming they run,

Just look at Police today, they have gone from being apolitical to being totally political and that is through their training, the crap that has been force fed to them through the Police Academies in the US and the College of Policing in the UK, such as 'The Duluth Model', 'Woke Intersectional/Identitarian' BS, to the way they told to ignore serious crime, while at the same time chasing those posting criticism social media.

[Kaneki05]

Yup. Cops are subjective, AI would not be hopefully. Therefore it can throughly solve the issue without any bias. And any argument to no because it's tech... I just smile at them because it's cute they don't understand tech is all around them working automatically a lot more than they think.

[jshm2]

LOL, things would get reported much faster. Though not to sure if they would be resolved much faster.

Something like 50% of a policeman's work is paperwork, 25% is on the beat. the rest is in various duties. A so called "AI force" would free up at least 75% of a policeman work for far less cost, and far more efficiency.

[AviatorTom]

Much of my career has been with computers, and I've actually written some AI software before the term existed. That software, like any AI software, can make some serious errors. I'll stick with humans please.

Yes, humans make mistakes, but other humans on the force can check them independently. Any AI police force would be all the same (or similar) software and they'd all make the same mistake, no independent checks.

[McLlovin]

Ai think logically and do not use any emotions. While that may seem good at first, certain situations require empathy. For example and old lady trying to cross the road. The ai will only see it as a violation, not as someone in need of help and assistance.

[foxsquirrell]

First lets see if its possible to make an AI police force. I don't think it is possible with our current technology. Although I cannot know what there is in secret labs and research facilities around the world, I still think that we are at a point were they can create a non biological mind.

[alli-112]

lmao no. AI can't get shit right, it should NEVER be in charge of law enforcement. If anything, I want AI to be way more strictly regulated and reduced in everyday use.

[Shiprex]

Nah, the hacking and politicisation with no accountability for their behaviour would be too big a deal.

[SotiCoto]

The only good pig is a dead pig. But I expect robopigs couldn't be much worse than flesh-and-blood ones.

[DrPepper12]

No humans or robots. ACAB

Meet peoples basic needs & teach stoicism. Crime will plummet.

[FenixG45]

I work with AI. Trust, but VERIFY & CONFIRM ALWAYS!

They are better used as a recorder or sensor for humans.

I wouldn't be comfortable working with an AI police robot.

[tzdc21]

Nope. Seen Terminator too many times to be comfy with that idea.

[genericname85]

not any more or any less than a human police force. both can be corrupted.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Only if they didn't act like Derek Chauvin, George Floyd's slayer and the other cop thugs who murdered innocents throughout the centuries.

[SmokinAces2000]

Wouldn’t they get their information on how to operate from actual police conduct? Fuck no.

[Anonymous]

No AI is taking over too much as is. This is taking jobs away from people.

[Anonymous]

I would trust an AI police force to do the job better than human ones

[Anonymous]

Jacque Fresco suggested an AI Congress many years ago. Sounds good to me.

[BCRanger10]

I don't trust AI on much of anything.

[Communicationisking]

Trust a cop lol 😂

[MrChinaski]

The first step towards Skynet?

[exitseven]

No, machines really cannot think.

[Iron_Man]

absolutely not computer error

[blackeagle007]

What can they really do?

[Jeff51]

No. I do t trust ai on gag either.

[BlueJeanBaby07]

I see the rise of Skynet.

[ivyjuniper21]

No an won't!