"Rapid advances in AI and robotics are set to become both powerful tools for police and potent weapons for criminals, a 48-page report from pan-European police agency Europol argues. Earlier this month, Europol's Innovation Lab published "The Unmanned Future(s): The impact of robotics and unmanned systems on law enforcement." The document is framed as more of a "foresight" exercise than a hard prediction. It sketches the near future of 2035, where intelligent machines are everywhere, from homes, hospitals, and factories to police stations, shops."
"Researchers from The Hague-based organization, effectively an EU-version of the global police agency Interpol, imagine hypothetical scenarios such as widespread resentment over job losses and automation bubbling over into civil unrest, "bot-bashing," and populist riots demanding society "put people first.""
Rapid advances in AI and robotics will create powerful tools for police and potent weapons for criminals by 2035. Europol’s Innovation Lab projects widespread deployment of intelligent machines across homes, hospitals, factories, police stations, shops, and schools. Scenarios include civil unrest driven by automation-related job losses, “bot-bashing” attacks on robots, and populist protests demanding prioritization of humans. New legal and ethical questions will arise, such as whether damaging or striking robots constitutes abuse. Law enforcement will need strategies to counter terrorist drone attacks, manage care-robot grooming risks, and respond to coordinated robotic misuse.
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