San Francisco Has Reversed Its Killer Robot Plan
A week is a long time in politics—particularly when considering whether it’s okay to grant robots the right to kill humans on the streets of San Francisco. In late November, … Read More
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San Francisco’s Killer Police Robots Threaten the City’s Most Vulnerable
One effect of AB 481 is to add local oversight to hardware like the kind obtained through a US Department of Defense program that sends billions of dollars of military equipment … Read More
Algorithms Quietly Run the City of Wasington, DC—and Maybe Your Hometown
Washington, DC, is the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use automation … Read More