Singapore deploys autonomous robots to catch smokers and other "undesirable social behaviors"

But if they’re so good about following rules and regulations, why the need to deploy robots to catch people who aren’t following rules and regulations?

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… or even have cops at all?

I wasn’t trying to suggest that the people I talked to were 100% of Singapore. Or that Singapore was a vast sea of obedient identical clones. Only that the ones I talked to showed surprisingly little chaffing. It was (and is) surprising and interesting to me.

As for why they’re deploying robots - I’m interested to know the cost / benefit the Sg police used. My guess is that this is like automation everywhere: a labour cost-cutting more, but I wonder what other benefits are in there.

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Do you want Robocop?! BECAUSE THAT’S HOW YOU GET ROBOCOP!

Seriously, that movie was a cautionary tale!

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