Automated Law Enforcement
Group Members: Tamera & Uluaki
In this scenario who might benefit and who might suffer?
The government will benefit from automated law enforcement as they won't need to pay people for labour because robots work for free.
People that work in law enforcement will suffer as they will no longer have any jobs and also the community as no longer will fellow humans be watching the streets, but heartless/emotionless robots.
Who will hold the power in this scenario?
The creators of the robots will hold the power in this scenario, alongside the government as the government will obviously have a big say in how the robots are programmed, but only the creators of the robot will really be able to know whether the robots are meeting the conditions stated by the government.
Could this new technology help to improve or could it worsen the state of society?
It could improve society as robots are not bias and will give fair punishments to people who break the law.
It will worsen society because there will be a rise in unemployment which will create more poverty and also, since robots are emotionless they will not be able to deal well with cases that need emotional understanding.
Could humanity as we know it change?
Yes, humanity could change because no longer will people be able to confide in the police for comfort during emotional problems and there will be a slight increase in poverty due to all the police force being forced into redundancy.
