To reduce accidental deaths during civil disturbances, firearms manufacturer FN Herstal has developed a gun that not only fires less-than-lethal elastomer projectiles, it has a digital smart sight that can recognize human heads and refuse to fire at them.
Well, I’ll give it this:
It’s smarter than the assholes who’ll be holding it
I don’t believe that.
What’s it’s algorithm for determining what a face is and how far away or close does a face need to be to trigger the mechanism? How about if a little tear gas has already been thrown? Still effective? Or at nigh. It’s unlikely to be effective.
I worry that the user will take it as a certain it will work properly and then it’s going to blast someone in the face accidentally.