Jonathan Paz
Role at the time: Former Waltham city councilor and pro-immigrant activist, speaking to NBC10 Boston
Statement summary
Former Waltham City Councilor Jonathan Paz, raising concerns about ICE's planned use of the robots, says cameras, vehicles, AI and data collection software have all been abused and used against the public, and that people should not expect anything different.
“Whether it's cameras, it's vehicles, it's AI, and all this software data collection software, all of it has been abused and used against the public, so we should not expect anything different”
NBC10 Boston report on reaction to ICE's planned purchase of Spot robots. It quotes an ICE spokesperson, a Boston Dynamics spokesperson, protesters outside ICE's Burlington office, former Waltham City Councilor Jonathan Paz and a law enforcement expert.
Why we used this label
Relative to Boston Dynamics' sale of Spot robots to ICE, Paz criticizes putting the robots in ICE's hands, predicting they will be misused as other surveillance technology has been.