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2026-01-15 21:18:38

shortstories@merovingian.club

If a human police officer shoots a civilian who did not commit a crime then they might go to jail

If a robot programmed by a team of programmers working for the same police department shoots someone then the police department has an excuse to avoid accountability and call it a programming error and put no one not even the programmers in jail

Felucia 2026-01-15 21:52:38

Carter Braxton

techriot@hub.natehiggers.org

@shortstories Is this hypothetical or are you referring to an actual case?

2026-01-15 23:12:32

shortstories

shortstories@merovingian.club

@techriot

Someone told me purdue has a robot armed with a gun patrolling the campus as part of a research experiment funded by a third party but I could not find any information online to confirm this is true and this person has had a history of lying to me and practical joking people

If this was true it would be interesting if they ban students from owning guns but allow a robot to own guns

Tatooine 2026-01-15 23:20:40

Carter Braxton

techriot@hub.natehiggers.org

@shortstories Indeed, that would potentially be a precedent setting case if such a thing transpired. I fear your initial assertion may be correct though and it may happen sooner than later sometime in the future.