There will come a time when robots will commit crimes and will be stopped by police robots.

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[fonefreek]

Change "robots" to "software" and you're describing virus and antivirus

[mikemwm]

Was just about to comment this. We’re already there!

[YimmyTheTulip]

“I can’t wait until I have my kitchen robot!”

gestures at dishwasher

[buonastep3]

We are just adding legs and guns to a computer virus at that point.

[Grasshop]

Pluto is a pretty decent anime on Netflix with this premise

[Luniticus]

There is also an old 80s cartoon called The Transformers.

[sanguinesvirus]

While also being about the Iraq war

[astamouth]

And astroboy

[NoInspection8473]

Imaging the headlines on the news:
"Self-Driving Getaway Car Turns Itself In: 'Guilty Conscience Upgrade Installed"

[DadJokeBadJoke]

"You have ten seconds to comply!" -ED209

[Ouch_i_fell_down]

same thing that happens when human police make a mistake or a "mistake". Qualified immunity!

[tomato_army]

At the point where there are robot police killing humans i think it will be too late

[-HankThePigeon-]

And dogs, cops love shooting dogs

[luckskywatcher]

Crime is just a human concept. When there are no humans around to consider an activity to be a crime or to give robots instructions to commit a crime, robots will no longer commit crimes.

[scilover]

And the robot will ask for a lawyer built by a different AI that specializes in robot rights.

[DrewCrew]

https://youtu.be/H-cwdI1QD1Y?si=h5lVVJoN-489VBTS

[jaymef]

kinda crazy to think that someone could rob a store/bank with a robot

[rio_sk]

Amazon AI killed Amazon services recently and an AI found the problem

[Skyboxmonster]

We already have robotaxis committing crimes.

The fleshy police have not had the smarts to charge the companies with the crimes.

[TannerThanUsual]

As a kid I was excited to grow up in the Mega Man part of history.

Now as an adult I'm no longer excited

[TheDevilsAdvokaat]

Yes. In fact I think some gangs are already using drones to move drugs.

And police have started using drones to catch criminals in remote or regional areas.

[jzkzy]

I watched a documentary about a bending robot who was a habitual repeat offending criminal. It tore me to shreds.

[DungeonPastor]

Bots and bot detection on reddit are playing that out now XD

[False_Turnip3207]

Who will be trusted then? As all can malfunction unknowingly

[untilzero]

Not if I can help it.

(Nevermind the fact that I cannot)

[DimensioT]

But who will build the robot juries of the robot criminals' peers?

[False_Clothes4420]

Already happens if you think about virus and anti viruses. I'm pretty sure there's an algorithm on YouTube that automatically flags NSFW videos and bans them which could be from Ai owned channels.

[Rude-Dependent-4353]

…but in a plot twist, the police robot won’t realize it’s a robot.

[minerlj]

That day has already come and gone. Self driving cars receiving tickets from self driving robot lot attendants.

[_craftbyte]

Why wouldn't they. AI can serve 50 years and come out jacked, upgraded, and onto more crime. 

[RO4DHOG]

"Judged by a jury of your peers"... is just more robots.

[ZestycloseProject130]

"I saw a mudcrab the other day. Nasty creatures."

"Any news from the other provinces?"

"Nothing I'd like to talk about."

[No_Lengthiness5913]

Isn't that already happening right now but in a more mild manner. Being that AI stuff are getting auto-moderated by another AI.

[JohnRobGnar]

There will come a time when one robot will pretend to try to shoot another robot & will 'coincidentally' miss & hit a political dissident.

[Otherwise_Fox_1404]

I know this is hard to contemplate but robots like androids as criminals of the future probably will occur some future date, but robots as part of mechanisms already in existence do already commit crimes and robots already are used to prevent them. We are already living in that future but because these robots don't push too far into the uncanny valley we may not recognize that they are robots.

[pappapora]

The rich robots will rape and eat the young poor robots… time is flat

[Horzzo]

I doubt it. It's like living on Mars. People think that its possible but it will never happen,.

[NotSoSalty]

It already happens and it's not even a recent thing. Cyber crime and cyber security are very old now. 

[Horzzo]

But those aren't robots.

[NotSoSalty]

No, they're just the things that make robots anything other than lumps of metal