“It will not record audio, and it will not use facial recognition,”…
YET
The NYPD does not own the robot, Adams said, but is in fact leasing it from the Knightscope company…
A company which I’m sure is 100% ethical, and has no ulterior motives whatsoever.
I don’t believe for half a second that it’s not going to use facial recognition and record everything. What they mean is that those recordings won’t be available for public review when the thing messes up and harasses people who are just going about their day.
Idk… it’s weird that they would lie about the audio thing when it actually records video but who knows.
Definitely distopian, corporate power and entrenchment grows every year.
I really don’t like it when corporations become involved in public services.
"I’m hoping you’re going to put a line in your story about how cost-efficient I am,” he continued. “This is below minimum wage. No bathroom breaks, no meal breaks. This is a good investment, so please make sure that’s added to the story, okay?” [the mayor said]
The mayor was enthusiastic about the cost-effectiveness of the robot. “I want you guys to be extremely creative in your writing style to say ‘Eric, job well done,’” he told reporters.
This guy is special, isn’t he…
The whole article basically lights it as a waste of money, since “[the police robot’s] effectiveness is unclear”, how there’s “no public evidence about actual crime reduction”, and how the “robot [needs] to be accompanied by a human officer at all times”, negating the need for the robot altogether.
The NYPD will do literally anything and everything they can to make sure cops don’t actually work. 
“I cannot deactivate until you tell me you are satisfied with your police harassment.”
How long till all the trains are delayed because people in masks pushed it on the tracks
So how long until people start advocating for the nonhuman, nonsentient robot over actual PoC? “Silicon lives matter”?
