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		danielheath on Sept 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boston Dynamics CEO talks profitability and the co... And the first “is a robot a human” test case will be when a protestor kills a police bot and they charge them with murdering an officer.

kyuudou on Sept 17, 2020 [–]

IIRC similar rules apply for some police K9 dog units, as in killing one is akin to killing a human one. I love dogs and all but... I think that's a negative precedent.

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