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

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ISBN-10: 1594201986

ISBN-13: 9781594201981

Edition: 2009

Authors: P. W. Singer, P Singer

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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 P. W. Singer’s previous two books foretold the rise of private military contractors and the advent of child soldiers— predictions that proved all too accurate. Now, he explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb—the advent of robotic warfare. We are just beginning to see a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make the stuff of I,Robotand the Terminatorall too real. More than seven- thousand robotic systems are now in Iraq. Pilots in Nevada…    
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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/22/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.37" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Peter Warren Singer graduated with a BA from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and earned his Ph.D. in Government at Harvard University. Previous career experiences include working for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, the Balkans Task Force in the U.S. Department of Defense, and the International Peace Academy. He also served as the Defense Policy Task Force coordinator for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Singer is the Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution and was the youngest scholar named a Senior Fellow by the Institution. He has written the…    

Author's Note: Why a Book on Robots and War?
The Change We are Creating
Introduction: Scenes from a Robot War
Smart Bombs, Norma Jeane, and Defecating Ducks: A Short History of Robotics
Robotics for Dummies
To Infinity and Beyond: The Power of Exponential Trends
Coming Soon to a Battlefield Near You: The Next Wave of Warbots
Always in the Loop? The Arming and Autonomy of Robots
Robotic Gods: Our Machine Creators
What Inspires Them: Science Fiction's Impact on Science Reality
The Refuseniks: The Roboticists Who Just Say No
What Change is Creating for Us
The Big Cebrowski and the Real RMA: Thinking About Revolutionary Technologies
"Advanced" Warfare: How We Might Fight with Robots
Robots That Don't Like Apple Pi: How the U.S. Could Lose the Unmanned Revolution
Open-Source Warfare: College Kids, Terrorists, and Other New Users of Robots at War
Losers and Luddites: The Changing Battlefields Robots Will Fight On and the New Electronic Sparks of War
The Psychology of Warbots
YouTube War: The Public and Its Unmanned Wars
Changing the Experience of War and the Warrior
Command and Control... Alt-Delete: New Technologies and Their Effect on Leadership
Who Let You in the War? Technology and the New Demographics of Conflict
Digitizing the Laws of War and Other Issues of (Un) Human Rights
A Robot Revolt? Talking About Robot Ethics
Conclusion: The Duality of Robots and Humans
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index