Wired for war
by P. W. Singer
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2009–2023first – last mentioned
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A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself.
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The book Wired for War is also good.
on “Hacker puts a video cam on an RC truck and saves the lives of 6 soldiers” ↗Wired for War came out in 2009 and if you are new to this topic I would recommend giving it a read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_for_War
on “On Robots Killing People” ↗…intuitively quite clear, that it is possible for 'cyber operations' to be part of acts of war. [1] And the perpetrators are therefore combatants and legitimate targets. But since I read P.W. Singer's Wired for war I have the strong feeling that the second order effects of 'cyber' and drone operations are quite poorly thought out. So for example a drone pilot is by this standard a combatant. And this reduces the…
on “Killing hackers is justified in cyber warfare, says NATO-commissioned report” ↗"P.W. Singer, the author of an important new book called Wired for War, told me that, 'We are at a breakpoint in history. The U.S. air force this year will train more unmanned system pilots than fighter and bomber pilots combined. And, as Bill Gates has noted, robotics are…
on “Of Fruit Flies and Drones” ↗Reminds me of the democratization other security technologies such as described in: P. W. Singer's "Wired for War" http://amzn.to/gSsI Perhaps even Chris Anderson's DIY Drones: http://DIYDrones.com
on “Hacker Spoofs Cell Phone Tower to Intercept Calls ” ↗…preparing for a future in which nearly autonomous robots will play a central role in warfare.(56) Consequently, the military is spending the most money and attention on robotics." (54). [P.W. Singer, Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century (2009)], supra note 20, at 78 (observing that the “military sets the agenda in AI”).
on “Draft policy proposal would authorize SF Police to use deadly force with robots” ↗…interesting development is that, with the growing number of UAVs, there aren't enough pilots to fly them all, so new operators are no longer required to have flying experience. I heard an interview with "Wired for War"'s author who claimed that controls for some of these systems are modeled after X-box/PlayStation controls, both to capitalize on the ergonomics research done by console makers and to make it easier for…
on “Fighter Pilots Face A Dismal Future” ↗No idea what "extraordinary" means to you, but the scenarios reported in Peter Singer's recent book on military robotics, Wired for War, represent some potentially huge shifts. They may not "improve our lives" though.
on “Happiness is earning $60,000/year” ↗