Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393608980 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a contributor to Foreign Policy, Politico, and the New York Times. Paul Scharre is the director of the Future of War Initiative at the Center for a New American Security, a former U.S. He lives in Virginia
Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on incisive research and firsthand experience to explore how increasingly autonomous weapons are changing warfare.This far-ranging investigation examines the emergence of fully autonomous weapons, the movement to ban them, and the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. Army Ranger traces the emergence of autonomous weapons.What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Although it sounds like science fiction, the technology to create weapons that could hunt and destroy targets on their own already exists. At the forefront of a game-changing debate, Army of None engages military history, global policy, and bleeding-edge science to explore what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision: life or death.. A Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Scharre spotlights the role of artificial intelligence in military technology, spanning decades of innovation from German noise-seeking Wren torpedoes in World War IIantecedents of today’s armed dronesto autonomous cyber weapons
. About the Author Paul Scharre is the director of the Future of War Initiative at the Center for a New American Security, a former U.S. Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a contributor to Foreign Policy, Politico, and the New York Times. He lives in Virginia