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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
P W Singer |
| ISBN: | 9781594201981 1594201986 |
| OCLC Number: | 277241234 |
| Description: | 499 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Author's note : Why a book on robots and war? -- pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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. |
| Other Titles: | Robotics revolution and conflict in the twenty-first century Robotics revolution and conflict in the 21st century |
| Responsibility: | P.W. Singer. |
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?PW Singer. . .has written what is likely to be the definitive work on this subject for some time to come. He has a record of drawing out the underlying trends in modern warfare, with previous books on child soldiers and the increasing use of mercenaries. "Wired for War" will confirm his reputation: it is riveting and comprehensive, encompassing every aspect of the rise of military robotics, from the historical to the ethical.?
?" Financial Times"
?[A] riveting, important book . . . Singer, at age 29 the youngest scholar named a senior fellow to the Brookings Institute, put four years into writing "Wired for War." It is the only book in my reading experience that quotes Immanuel Kant and Biggie Smalls with equal enthusiasm. The resulting book is an intoxicating, encyclopedic trip - made intensely readable by all the colorful characters Singer salts along this story. . . . I will be shelving my copy next to two other books that remade my world view: Tracy Kidder's "The Sould
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