{"id":924171,"date":"2021-10-26T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=924171"},"modified":"2021-10-26T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:59:43","slug":"hawaii-using-robot-dog-to-patrol-homeless-community-for-signs-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-using-robot-dog-to-patrol-homeless-community-for-signs-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Using Robot Dog To Patrol Homeless Community For Signs of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawaii-using-robot-dog-to-patrol-homeless-community-for-signs-of-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=924171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 continue ramping up, providing new opportunities for states to unleash advanced surveillance technologies on the public.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Hawaii this year, the Honolulu Police Department employed a robotic dog from the company Boston Dynamics to patrol and monitor a homeless community. Equipped with cameras, two-way communication, artificial intelligence, and autonomous data collection capabilities, the robot scans eyes to detect for fevers, \u2014 which could signal a person has COVID-19 \u2014 and interviews those who have tested positive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Joseph O\u2019Neal from the Honolulu Police Department publicly supported the use of the robot dog at a media demonstration. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EJR8aEal76E\">stated,<\/a> \u201cA person will ask for food. They will ask for water. They\u2019ll ask for masks. These were all things that we had to do face to face with someone, and we could facilitate through the robot. And that was the reason for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also downplayed human rights concerns, claiming, \u201cOurs is pure humanitarian, and we have not had a single person out there that\u2019s said, \u2018That\u2019s scary, that\u2019s worrisome.\u2019 It\u2019s more of a positive interaction. In no way is it intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citizens from New York felt otherwise when the Boston Dynamics robot was released in the city late last year. \u201cI can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m seeing. It felt surreal \u2026 It scared me,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z4hQ87u6S40&amp;t=33s\">stated<\/a> NYCHA President of the Resident Association Melanie Auchello, who witnessed the robot respond to a domestic dispute at the public housing complex.<\/p>\n<p>Several New York politicians also spoke out when videos of the robot were released on social media. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) noted the robot\u2019s dystopic quality, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/robotic-police-dogs-e32e371e8776b8565f1a0f6491e55c29\">stating,<\/a> \u201cThis is some Robocop stuff. This is crazy.\u201d Following pushback against the department, the NYPD returned the dog to Boston Dynamics and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2021\/05\/01\/creepy-robot-dog-loses-job-new-york-police-department\"> terminated<\/a> its $94,000 contract.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/techstory.in\/over-rs-25-lakhs-crowdfunded-on-impactguru-com-in-just-2-weeks-to-save-19-year-old-anant-from-one-of-the-deadliest-brain-cancer\/\">Techstory<\/a>, Boston Dynamics worked with the Pentagon and DARPA during its early years to research robot development for military use, but more recently Boston Dynamics has released robots to governments in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>A robotic dog from Boston Dynamics patrolled a park in Singapore last year, using a camera to allow its controllers to observe park-goers from a remote location. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2DJmIjKtVkA\">played<\/a> a pre-recorded message to visitors, reminding them to social distance: \u201cLet\u2019s keep Singapore healthy. For your own safety and those around you, please stand at least one meter apart. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The robot was initially used as part of a two-week trial to help manage social distancing, but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 continue ramping up, providing new opportunities for states to unleash advanced surveillance technologies on the public.\u00a0\u00a0In Hawaii this year, the Honolulu Police Department employed a robotic dog from the company Boston Dynamics to patrol and monitor a homeless community. Equipped with cameras, two-way communication, artificial intelligence, and autonomous data collection capabilities, the robot scans eyes to detect for fevers, \u2014 which could signal a person has COVID-19 \u2014 and interviews those who have tested positive.\u00a0Lt. Joseph O\u2019Neal from the Honolulu Police Department publicly supported the use of the robot dog at a media demonstration. He stated, \u201cA person will ask for food. They will ask for water. They\u2019ll ask for masks. These were all things that we had to do face to face with someone, and we could facilitate through the robot. And that was the reason for it.\u201dHe also downplayed human rights concerns, claiming, \u201cOurs is pure humanitarian, and we have not had a single person out there that\u2019s said, \u2018That\u2019s scary, that\u2019s worrisome.\u2019 It\u2019s more of a positive interaction. In no way is it intimidating.\u201dCitizens from New York felt otherwise when the Boston Dynamics robot was released in the city late last year. \u201cI can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m seeing. It felt surreal \u2026 It scared me,\u201d stated NYCHA President of the Resident Association Melanie Auchello, who witnessed the robot respond to a domestic dispute at the public housing complex.Several New York politicians also spoke out when videos of the robot were released on social media. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) noted the robot\u2019s dystopic quality, stating, \u201cThis is some Robocop stuff. This is crazy.\u201d Following pushback against the department, the NYPD returned the dog to Boston Dynamics and terminated its $94,000 contract.\u00a0\u00a0According to Techstory, Boston Dynamics worked with the Pentagon and DARPA during its early years to research robot development for military use, but more recently Boston Dynamics has released robots to governments in other countries.A robotic dog from Boston Dynamics patrolled a park in Singapore last year, using a camera to allow its controllers to observe park-goers from a remote location. It also played a pre-recorded message to visitors, reminding them to social distance: \u201cLet\u2019s keep Singapore healthy. For your own safety and those around you, please stand at least one meter apart. Thank you.\u201dThe robot was initially used as part of a two-week trial to help manage social distancing, but the Singapore government has since escalated the use of surveillance robots to patrol shopping centers to monitor \u201cundesirable social behaviors like flouting COVID-19 safety measures (not wearing masks), smoking in forbidden locations, and incorrect bicycle parking.\u201d The Singapore government has claimed the robots are helping address a labor shortage by reducing the number of officers required for foot patrol.Although resistance against policing robots is more pervasive in the United States, labor shortages and vaccine mandates continue to impact labor markets and police departments across the nation. Expansion of artificially intelligent surveillance technologies could become more appealing to curb the spread of COVID-19, but during a discussion on \u201cThe Ethics of Surveillance Technology during a Global Pandemic,\u201d Carr Center Fellow and Professor of Law Vivek Krishnamurthy warned they\u2019ll be difficult to scale back once employed:My longer-term concern is that measures that are enacted to fight a crisis tend to become the \u201cnew normal\u201d after the crisis has passed. We saw this in the U.S. with the vast expansion in government surveillance powers enacted after September 11, pursuant to laws that remain on the books nearly twenty years later. If past is precedent, then I fear that many of the new surveillance tools that have been deployed to fight the coronavirus are going to be with us well after the virus is vanquished.\u00a0\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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