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No Justice, No Robots: From the Dispositions of Policing to an Abolitionist Robotics

Year: 2023

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the risks posed by roboticists’ collaboration with law enforcement agencies in the U.S. Using Trust frameworks from AI Ethics, we argue that collaborations with law enforcement present not only risks of technology misuse, but also risks of legitimizing bad actors, and of exacerbating our field’s challenges of representation. We discuss evidence of bad dispositions justifying these risks, grounded in the behavior, origins, and incentivization of American policing, and suggest courses of action for American roboticists seeking to pursue research projects that currently require collaboration with law enforcement agencies, closing with a call for abolitionist robotics.

Source: Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society

DOI: 10.1145/3600211.3604663

Authors: Tom Williams, Kerstin Sophie Haring

Institutions: Colorado School of Mines, University of Denver

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4386246858

FWCI: 1.436

Cites: 31

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10