San Francisco police consider letting robots use 'deadly force'

A remote-controlled robot used to disarm bombs. | ARNO BURGI/DPA/AFP via Getty Images The San Francisco Police Department is proposing a new policy that would give robots the license to kill, as reported earlier by Mission Local (via Engadget). The draft policy, which outlines how the SFPD can use military-style weapons, states robots can be "used as a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option." As reported...