This post was originally published on insomniac.tech on August 11, 2026.
A drone is an AI-powered aerial surveillance system. It’s a camera, and cameras don’t stop crime or provide first aid. Instead of a police officer responding to your call, he’s sitting at headquarters watching a screen. The response time metric looks fantastic. But help isn’t any closer. The drone isn’t for you. To quote The Wire, “You juke the stats and majors become colonels.”
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