Originally published at: A short, squat, useless Robocop comes to NYC | Boing Boing
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The robot, armed with four cameras, will record video but not audio. It will not employ facial recognition
K5, “I have no fingers to cross, and I must lie.”
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It’s not useless at all! It is very good at funneling money out of public coffers into the pockets of private industry with massive markups all along the way through a daisy chain of non resident middlemen!
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It’s hard to imagine how this oversized roomba will help.
It’s hard to imagine how this boondoggle will survive 24 hours in Times Square station without being vandalised.
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The robot doesn’t use facial recognition. Now, the DVR where footage from the robot gets archived indefinitely; well, I didn’t say anything about the DVR…
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The facial recognition is on the cloud.
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Maybe the existential dread of trying to help mankind while being a not-so-appreciated member of the NYC PD will cause the robot to resign permanently like this one did.
Same manufacturer by the looks.
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Even 1970’s BBC would be embarrassed to broadcast this pound-shop Dalek.
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So a typical NYPD officer then.
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Ahh, its appearance brings back some old memories. Maybe not what you’re thinking.
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I guess this one in is a subway station? So it’s going to jump on the tracks?
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and if they included LLM and (chat)GTP and “A.I.” (oh my) scraped from police body cams it could start right out being racist and abusive; learn from community experience, if-you-will (-sigh-) (“At least the graffiti artists should get in their licks nicely given that shiny white chassis”)
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how will it stop and frisk?
how will it choke-hold?
how will it plant evidence?
Simply put, these cop-a-trons can’t do what a normal human cop can do.
Take that as you will.
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Getting a distinct Lathe of Heaven vide from the thing…
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gum, graffiti, thrown drinks, and spray paint over the cameras. will also make a great place to tape ads and fliers. ( if drunk men don’t get into pushing contests with it first )
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How long before it’s plastered with an ARCAB sticker?
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i feel like an illegal gambling pool based on how long it takes to gets defaced, and by what, is only fitting.
i’ve got 5 dollars on glitter bomb in 3 days. and 10 dollars on chewing gum in 35 seconds.
who’s with me? 
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Somehow less useful than Robogarda
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