Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

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Название: Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

Автор: P. W. Singer

Издательство: Pen.,.guin

Страниц: 675

Формат: PDF

Размер: 58 Мб

Качество: Хорошее

Год: 2009

Язык: английский

ISBN: 0143116843

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Brookings Institute fellow Singer (Children at War) believes that we resist trying to research and understand change in the making of war. Robotics promises to be the most comprehensive instrument of change in war since the introduction of gunpowder. Beginning with a brief and useful survey of robotics, Singer discusses its military applications during WWII, the arming and autonomy of robots at the turn of the century, and the broad influence of robotics on near-future battlefields. How, for example, can rules of engagement for unmanned autonomous machines be created and enforced? Can an artificial intelligence commit a war crime? Arguably more significant is Singers provocative case that war itself will be redefined as technology creates increasing physical and emotional distance from combat. As robotics diminishes wars risks the technology diminishes as well the higher purposes traditionally used to justify it. Might that reduce humanitys propensity for war making? Or will robotics make war less humane by making it less human? Singer has more questions than answers—but it is difficult to challenge his concluding admonition to question and study the technologies of military robotics—while the chance remains.

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