Will we soon see Robot Cops on the streets in Illinois?

A new program just unveiled in New York is introducing the first Robot Police patrolling the streets, if this program is successful these Robot Cops could be on their way to the Land of Lincoln, here are the details...

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According to Police 1, there is a new Robot Police Officer that will be debuting in the New York City Subway soon. They say...

"The new member, a robot referred to as Knightscope K5 Security Robot, is being leased to the city to patrol the Times Square Subway Station...The 420-pound robot will be leased at $9 an hour...patrol between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. The robot will record surveillance video but not audio. If someone has a question or concern while in the station, the robot has a button that connects to a live person. That feature is available 24/7"

To read more about this Robot Cop coming to the New York City Subway click here!

Pandora's Box has been opened...If this program is deemed successful it will only be a short matter of time before we see a robot cop in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, and so on... I really am strongly against this, we have so many movies that paint the picture of what the future with Artificial Intelligence and Robots look like and none of them are good for us humans. I understand that the goal is to make public transit safer, but if the only solution to that is we as law-abiding citizens have to consent to being recorded 24/7 by the police then that is a terrible solution. I hope I am wrong and I hope we don't see robot cops patrolling the streets of cities here in Illinois any time soon, but I truly think this is only the beginning...