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Nukemouse t1_jay9apq wrote

Reply to comment by maskedpaki in Security robots patrolling a parking lot at night in California by Dalembert

Why would a human be more likely to be vandalized in a parking lot than anywhere else?

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maskedpaki t1_jaykp26 wrote

They wouldnt be. The point is talking about edge cases like vandalism doesn't say much about the economics of automated security.

Sure some people will break bots.

Just like some people will steal packages from your front door. The macro question is whether the industry can absorb the new vandalism cases. I suspect it could.

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Nukemouse t1_jaymgxn wrote

Vandalism of the robot would be more expensive than the common vandalism cases in the area it is protecting. If it creates a more popular target for vandalism that costs more to replace than the car or graffiti its supposedly preventing its terrible. This isn't an edge case, its a far more likely target.

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maskedpaki t1_jayomtp wrote

its also a far more serious crime like how grand theft auto doesnt carry the same sentence as stealing a candy bar.

Why vandalise something that has sensors and can send a distress signal 50 milliseconds into you breaking it. You arent going to improve your chances by immediately putting a site on red alert after its surveillance systems have been messed with.

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maskedpaki t1_jaypeaz wrote

In my own experience when a door or camera was tampered with it sent a level 1 alert to the control center of the site I was working on. Why would anyone choose a strategy that leads to several men from the control room immediately showing up where you are committing your crime in a minute or 2. This is not a good strategy or a common one.

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TinyBurbz t1_jaz9sgg wrote

> In my own experience

The week of it?

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maskedpaki t1_jazaa1f wrote

No the several years of actually being on the job and seeing how the industry works in retail construction and office spaces. But I'm sure this pales in comparison to what a keyboard warrior who has never worked a day as a guard would know.

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TinyBurbz t1_jazinnm wrote

> a keyboard warrior who has never worked a day as a guard would know.

Yeah, you were working hard sitting on your ass.

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TinyBurbz t1_jaz9qo4 wrote

Ignore this /u/maskedpaki guy he has literally no idea what hes talking about:

>You mean the 1 week long training I did to be a security guard? You have some weird idealised version of what a security guard is.

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maskedpaki t1_jazahdt wrote

Yes and you who has never worked a security job knows way more about how the job works than someone who worked it in a variety of roles and companies over years.

You are a tool.

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TinyBurbz t1_jaziq3r wrote

> Yes and you who has never worked a security job knows way more about how the job works than someone who worked it in a variety of roles and companies over years.

You know "knowing how the job works" has 0 to do with "knowing an expensive robot is a target for vandals"

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