Robots Archives - 48 hills

Police

Cops used robots for search warrants, and now want a robot dog

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2024

New report contains alarming data about the use of automated military weapons against people in San Francisco.

Police

SF cops haven’t disclosed the latest in military gear they may be using

Tim Redmond - May 8, 2024

State law requires information that the supes didn't get; are we going back to killer robots?

Movies

Screen Grabs: Chasing one of the Swinging Sixties’ most infamous ‘It Girls’

Dennis Harvey - April 30, 2024

Plus: Doclands 2024, Johnny Depp's French, Japanese reality, worthwhile 'Nowhere Special,' Free Palestine, more movies

Movies

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2024

Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies

Business + Tech

Wiener wants to regulate AI—but not help people whose jobs are destroyed

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2024

Half a million people in this state make a living as drivers; if robots replace them, how will they survive? That's not on the Wiener agenda.

News + Politics

My New Year’s resolutions—for everyone else

Tim Redmond - January 2, 2024

A few 2024 suggestions for policy makers, the pope, and people who don't clean up their dogshit.

Stage Review

Bleep, bloop, apocalypse: ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’ looks back to the future

Charles Lewis III - October 20, 2023

Cutting Ball's latest searches for ghosts in the machine of a 1920 text, amid our 2023 tech overload

News + Politics

Breed’s police measure is a sweeping move to undermine civilian oversight and reform

Tim Redmond - October 18, 2023

It's cynical politics that could have serious implications for how the city manages a police department with a troubled history.

Transportation

Cruise and Waymo are finding widespread opposition

Tim Redmond - August 22, 2023

For a change, a new technology is not impressing people, and the city might actually take regulation seriously.

Business + Tech

The real problem with the CPUC’s robotaxi decision

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2023

Like AI, this is going to displace human employees. And nobody in government is demanding that the profits be shared with the people whose lives are damaged.

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