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Johnny D: ( moved to @purrperl@mastodon.social )

Isaac Asimov's first law of Robotics:

"A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm."

When I read this in the mid 1980s, as a teen Sci-Fi fan and a young computer programmer, I was stumped.

The clause that I found the most difficult was, "through inaction". What this means is - if there's a toddler in a room that is dangerously close to a stairwell or a balcony, your robot vacuum cleaner should spring into action and keep that child safe.

This meant that the robot had to be:
1. Constantly Powered on.
2. Have video camera capabilities.
3. Constantly watching the room.
4. Constantly processing the input video stream to determine whether a human was in danger, in the camera's field of view.

In 1984, this was a tall order. My ZX Spectrum+ had only 48 Kilobytes of RAM. It had no video camera. Processing a live video feed intelligently was way beyond the capabilities of that machine, and of most computers of that time.

Today it's possible to achieve this capability with contemporary hardware and software. However, this means that we briefly turned into a surveillance state, with machines hypervigilantly watching us, to keep us safe, and to keep the watchmen safe.

#AI#Robot#Robotics
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

13-year-old #suspected of trying to #kidnap 2 #women in #Florida #golf #community, #cops say

Both times, the suspect “presented a knife.” #Police said #surveillancevideo shows the #boy #stalking his #victims. “He’s hiding behind cars. He’s trying to follow her and then he approaches her from behind up on her porch,” the sheriff said.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Misogyny

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Six Grandfathers Mountain

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#trump facing up to 140 years in prison

Attorney guests on #msnbc said yesterday July 27 2023 that guilty guys in their high 70s and well known (hated/loved) have the advantage of the Judge giving no jail time. Because (guests said) it's _considered_ by Judges to be a death☠️ sentence. I didn't say that, 😑

Attempted DESTRUCTION of #SurveillanceVideo maybe #trump was ALSO worried that they showed "visitors" (45 day retention) taking flash photos of #TopSecretDocuments ⁉️

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Feds sought #SurveillanceVideo from #StateFarmArena in #Trump probe

Federal prosecutors examining Trump’s attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance & other security footage recorded at #Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, acc/to a #subpoena obtained by The AJC.

#GrandJury #Georgia #Raffensperger #BigLie #Fraud #ElectionInterference #law #legal #DOJ #Justice #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #GOP
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