Fuck AI

1. "Fully autonomous". Sure it is.
2. "We can touch our community in ways we have never done before." I'm sure the community will feel especially touched and not at all intimidated by multiton robots rolling through their neighborhoods instead of, I dunno, actual people.
3. I'm certain that when one of these maims someone, everyone will run to the head of the line to take responsibility and handle the situation with thoughtfulness and care.

Nothing that a can of paint or a bucket of tar couldn't fix.

Throw and run ... and the local department would have to spend an hour locating the vehicle to get people to it, then a few hours more towing it back, then days more to clean it up.

Seems more like a marketing stunt. Emphasis by me:

The PUG will eventually be allowed to drive the streets of Miami-Dade unmanned after a healthy amount of community feedback, the sheriff said. But a deputy will be in the front seat as the vehicle drives itself — for at least the first year.

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I think I've spotted a Ford logo on the car. And to my knowledge they're nowhere near autonomous driving as of today?! Wikipedia says they're at SAE level 2, while something in the general direction of autonomy would be level 4 or 5, with the added complexity that they'd need special software and AI training for emergency situations. Which probably doesn't exist either. So I seriously doubt it'll be able to do any proper police work in a year. It might be able to autonomously grab a box of donuts from their favorite store by then. And I suppose that could make their day better. But more than that is going to prove difficult... And the drone might be useful, as far as I know drones can really help with police and fire and rescue tasks.

So its a police car driving around. What if someone actually needs help? What can just a car do?

This whole idea is so utterly stupid, I'm at loss of words.

It's just disgusting they have the money for this.

So you can send the car in and it will deploy a drone eh

How about you just deploy a drone

So if it runs over a pedestrian who gets the vacation?

It’s programmed to run over ethnics and then start yelling “HE’S GOT A GUN!” through the speaker while rolling back and forward.

This is also the state were they legalized running over protesters with your car, so maybe they just want this so that they can stop giving the cops PTSD.
This bad boy can do all the civilian striking on aidewalks for you and you dont even have to borher fixing the autonomous part.

Queue the scene in V For Vendetta with cars monitoring everyone's phone calls as it drives around.

Except this fucker can deploy a drone that flies right up to your window and records you

Real life example of being blinded by "can we" instead of "should we". This society needs a great deal of introspection.

Interesting, how does insurance work if the PUG vehicle hits a non/motorist.. so then no one is to blame then??

Finally, hiding in shrubbery will be a thing of the past for the criminal underbrush.

"For us, it's a way we can touch our community like we never have before"

... By deploying driverless cruisers?

I hate cars and I hate AI. Guess what I think of this.

Coming soon to all states in America! Corporate sponsored police robots.

Miami. Fucking Miami.

@PugJesus can claim to be their messiah and stop them being evil!

Miami - Dade Metro is rife with corruption.

Oh. No... nononono... this shit ain't right. That bullshit ain't gonna fly for long... AI controlled police cruisers??? Fuck that! Im not anything like an activist/protester but id set fire to one of those.