Army of none : autonomous weapons and the future of war /

Army of none : autonomous weapons and the future of war / Paul Scharre.

"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. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on incisive...

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Main Author: Scharre, Paul (Author)
Other title:Autonomous weapons and the future of war.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Military robots > Moral and ethical aspects.
Military weapons > Technological innovations.
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles > Moral and ethical aspects.
Drone aircraft.
Weapons systems > Technological innovations.
Robotics > Military applications.
War > Forecasting.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The power over life and death
  • PART I: ROBOCALYPSE NOW. The coming swarm : the military robotics revolution ; The Terminator and the Roomba : what is autonomy? ; Machines that kill : what is an autonomous weapon?
  • PART II: BUILDING THE TERMINATOR. The future being built today : autonomous missiles, drones, and robot swarms ; Inside the puzzle palace : is the Pentagon building autonomous weapons? ; Crossing the threshold : approving autonomous weapons ; World War R : robotic weapons around the world ; Garage bots : DIY killer robots
  • PART III: RUNAWAY GUN. Robots run amok : failure in autonomous systems ; Command and decision : can autonomous weapons be used safely? ; Black box : the weird, alien world of deep neural networks ; Failing deadly : the risk of autonomous weapons
  • PART IV: FLASH WAR. Bot vs. bot : an arms race in speed ; The invisible war : autonomy in cyberspace ; "Summoning the demon" : the rise of intelligent machines
  • PART V: THE FIGHT TO BAN AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS. Robots on trial : autonomous weapons and the laws of war ; Soulless killers : the morality of autonomous weapons ; Playing with fire : autonomous weapons and stability
  • PART VI: AVERTING ARMAGEDDON : THE WEAPON OF POLICY. Centaur warfighters : humans + machines ; The pope and the crossbow : the mixed history of arms control ; Are autonomous weapons inevitable? : the search for lethal laws of robotics
  • Conclusion: No fate but what we make.

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