{"id":302478,"date":"2025-01-26T08:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T08:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=302478"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:31:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:31:29","slug":"ai-law-and-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=302478","title":{"rendered":"AI Law and Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

Todd Hayen \u2013 Off-Guardian Jan 25, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Artificial Intelligence, AI, is such the \u201cin\u201d thing now. You just can\u2019t get away from it. AI art, AI music, AI writing. It is everywhere. And let\u2019s not forget about Robots, Terminators, and Sex Dolls who can whisper sweet nothings into your ear. How delightful the world is becoming! And it\u2019s all for fun and entertainment, isn\u2019t it? Yeah, right.<\/p>\n

Of course, what we, the peons, are told and exposed to starts out as fun and entertainment. Smartphones to play games on and sort out all sorts of fun things, ChatGPT to write our homework for us, and automatic cars that will come and pick us up after we go shopping or have a meal, to name only three of the myriad ways robotics and AI are coming into our lives However, nothing has come along yet that is anything at all like the Terminator robot. Those types are just in the movies. Yeah, right.<\/p>\n

We are not as cognizant of the thousands of things AI is a part of in our everyday life. Robots have been building our cars and such for quite some time. Although we know about these things, we are not fully conscious of the manner in which they are taking over the world. We suspect it, but we are just now becoming more aware.<\/p>\n

And if we listen to Elon Musk and those like him, we are being adequately warned.<\/p>\n

AI is not just a computer program, or some metal contraption welding on car bumpers, it\u2019s a lot more than that these days. Its current brilliance is that it can second-guess us\u2014apparently it can actually \u201cthink.\u201d It has a \u201cmind of its own\u201d and is designed to make humans irrelevant, not just in the hard labor force, but everywhere.<\/p>\n

Sure, sure, sure, we are told that just isn\u2019t the case\u2014that it isn\u2019t as bad as all that. We are told AI is a tool, something we all can benefit from. The carrot is being dangled in all of its wonder and brilliance. I am certain the stick will be just as wonderful and equally brilliant\u2014and ultimately deadly<\/p>\n

We may not reach a point where robots actually take over with the intent of destroying all of the \u201cflawed and useless\u201d humans. That is a common Science Fiction theme. I don\u2019t think it has to come to that (but it certainly may).<\/p>\n

What I do believe it will come to, and quite soon at that, is the death of humanity The broad stroke will be the elimination of what makes us human, and more than likely, few of us will even notice. The ones who do notice will go underground (maybe quite literally ala The Matrix or Robocop). And then start the whole human nonsense over again. Well, maybe the second time around (or the 3rd? or 4th?) will not be \u201cnonsense\u201d\u2014let\u2019s hope we learn from our mistakes.<\/p>\n

So, most that we, as consumers, are aware of is the fun and entertaining part of AI, or the boring and \u201cwho cares\u201d areas that takes over laborer\u2019s jobs. What about AI and robotics showing up in areas that are not \u201cfun and entertainment?\u201d How about in law enforcement and the military? Clearly, it is making its debut in these places as well. And when it has reached its zenith here, it isn\u2019t going to be pretty.<\/p>\n

Everyone, I think, is familiar with the robot dog being developed by the police. This robot is presently assigned rather benign duties\u2014patrols in parks, bomb disposal, and surveillance and reconnaissance. But there are plans to arm them and use them for more \u201cpaws on\u201d situations. The police also use other robotics for various things such as aerial surveillance, negotiations in hostage situations, and even giving out traffic tickets.<\/p>\n

Getting back to arming Police Fido, they have already implemented some robodogs with tear gas, tasers, and nets. A special Chinese police dog (well, not really a \u201cdog\u201d) is currently rolling through the streets of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. This thing is being used to even chase down suspects, reaching a speed of 22 miles per hour. Not as cute as a dog by any means, but apparently just as, if not more, effective.<\/p>\n

On the law prosecution and defense front, I just read about some lawyer in British Columbia being called on the carpet for using ChatGPT to generate \u201cmade up\u201d court cases. They apparently used this false information in court on a high-profile family dispute. The lawyer claimed she was not intentionally trying to deceive, but was found liable anyway.<\/p>\n

Although using AI in legal proceedings is not yet a \u201cthing to do,\u201d I can see the writing on the wall pretty clearly. Robots used in law enforcement is a no-brainer, but using robots, or other forms of AI, in court proceedings is in its infancy. But mark my words, it will be developed to do anything a human is currently doing.<\/p>\n

Who wouldn\u2019t want to have an AI-equipped robot lawyer which will have in its programming every court precedent known to man and will be able to utilize impersonal logic in its argument? A jury of robots is also a given\u2014talk about the impartial judgement of the presented facts. Oh whoopie! What a time we will all soon have! Most criminals won\u2019t even get to court; they will be mowed down by Rover out in the field while committing the crime\u2014no need for a trial considering the righteous accuracy and computer discernment of Robocops.<\/p>\n

The military is not even worth quibbling about.<\/p>\n

They are designed to kill the enemy, so any way they can do that without causing too much casualty on the \u201cgood\u201d side, then what the hell, bring \u2018em on. Military conflicts have already lost all ethical considerations (how can killing people ever be ethical?) with drone warfare\u2014sitting in Maryland pressing buttons to kill people in Pakistan (or anywhere else for that matter)\u2014then why not have robots and other remote devices out in the field doing the genocide for us?<\/p>\n

Am I making too much of this? I mean criminals are criminals, aren\u2019t they? Shouldn\u2019t they be apprehended in the most efficient and safe way possible? (Safe to human police officers.) The military is in the business of killing the enemy, primarily so the enemy doesn\u2019t kill us. Isn\u2019t any way we do this effectively and efficiently a plus?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think so. Militarizing the police in any situation leads to bad things. Look at this historically. A militarized police force does not typically mitigate crime, but instead facilitates the policing and controlling of ordinary, innocent, citizens. Police forces are instruments of those in power, generally local and federal governments. If we can trust them, then we can trust the police to do what they do, for us, their employers. But since when can we trust governments? We never have been able to, and we never should. If they get too much power, that power will ultimately be used against us. We are seeing this clearly around the world today.<\/p>\n

Robofido is not a good idea. Nor is it a good idea for AI and robotics to become an integral part of policing or enforcing the law. AI and robotics have no place in the court system where guilt or innocence is decided.<\/p>\n

Yes, we may be a long way from AI making its mark in the judicial system, but its beginnings are there, and we must continue to be aware of its progress.<\/p>\n

AI, as we see its implementation today, is a scourge. How we will effectively and ethically deal with this, I don\u2019t know. But deal with it we must, before it is too late. As cliche as that sounds, we must not let this pass us by without serious action.<\/p>\n

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Todd Hayen PhD<\/strong> is a registered psychotherapist practicing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He holds a PhD in depth psychotherapy and an MA in Consciousness Studies. He specializes in Jungian, archetypal, psychology. Todd also writes for his own substack, which you can read here<\/a><\/p>\n

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