Ohio man charged with shooting death of a robot

[angryChineseKahanist]

He murdered a robot.
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/ohio-man-charged-with-shooting-robot/36856/

[HiWarp]

Cool. I can hardly wait until the robots are equipped with weapons and AI and are given the authority to analyze a potentially dangerous situation and open fire if necessary.

[angryChineseKahanist]

Cool. I can hardly wait until the robots are equipped with weapons and AI and are given the authority to analyze a potentially dangerous situation and open fire if necessary.

will it be running windows 95?

[HiWarp]

I suppose if you don't mind having your hunter/killers BSOD on you, yeah, any flavor of Windows will do.

[AsheDina]

Leftists will put this man to death; they care more for robots than people

[Rubystars]

I liked Theobromine's comment. There's no proof this guy was doing anything wrong unless we can get more information. If the police sent a robot into my home to spy on me I'd destroy it if I could.

[muman613]

There is no such thing as murdering a robot. Robots are not alive. Murder is the killing of a human.

Regarding shooting equipment sent to spy on you.... I think you have every right to do what you need to do to protect yourself from invasive technology, so long as you are not breaking any laws you should expect privacy.

Oh, upon reading the article it is clear he is not being charged with 'killing' or 'murdering' the robot. He was simply charged with vandalism, which is understandable... It is also understandable that the police used the robot for surveilance considering this guy was threatening to the neighbors... But in the case of surveillance of people who are not in the commission of a crime I think that law enforcement needs to set rules of use, so not to impinge on personal liberty.
 

[syyuge]

>>Ohio man’s action is to be charged with damage to police equipment rather than, at the least, attempted murder charges if he had fired upon police.<<

That should be correct.

[angryChineseKahanist]

There is no such thing as murdering a robot. Robots are not alive. Murder is the killing of a human.

Regarding shooting equipment sent to spy on you.... I think you have every right to do what you need to do to protect yourself from invasive technology, so long as you are not breaking any laws you should expect privacy.

Oh, upon reading the article it is clear he is not being charged with 'killing' or 'murdering' the robot. He was simply charged with vandalism, which is understandable... It is also understandable that the police used the robot for surveilance considering this guy was threatening to the neighbors... But in the case of surveillance of people who are not in the commission of a crime I think that law enforcement needs to set rules of use, so not to impinge on personal liberty.

I'm sorry spock. I should have known you cannot murder a robot.
Does not compute...does not compute...does not compute...does not compute...**boinnnginngngn**

[muman613]