War in the Age of Intelligent Machines

Name: War in the Age of Intelligent Machines
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ISBN: 9780942299755

ISBN-10: 0942299752

ISBN-13: 9780942299755

Edition: 1991

Authors: Manuel De Landa

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In the aftermath of the methodical destruction of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War, the power and efficiency of new computerized weapons and surveillance technology have become chillingly apparent. For Manuel DeLanda, however, this new weaponry has a significance that goes far beyond military applications; he shows how it represents a profound historical shift in the relation of human beings both to machines and to information. The recent emergence of intelligent and autonomous bombs and missiles equipped with artificial perception and decision-making capabilities is, for Delanda, part of a much larger transfer of cognitive structures from humans to machines in the late twentieth century. …

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: 12/26/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English