Wired for War
The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
Ranked #5 in Robotics, Ranked #26 in Mechanical Engineering — see more rankings.
We are just beginning to see a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make the stuff of I, Robot and the Terminator all too real. More then seven thousand robotic systems are now in Iraq. Pilots in Nevada are remotely killing terrorists in Afghanistan. Scientists are debating just how smart - and how lethal - to make their current robotic prototypes. And many of the most renowned science fiction authors are secretly consulting for the Pentagon on the next generation.
Blending historic evidence with interviews from the field, Singer vividly shows that as these technologies... more
Blending historic evidence with interviews from the field, Singer vividly shows that as these technologies... more
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Daniel H Wilson In terms of science fiction becoming real, this book just blows you away. (Source)
Mary Kaldor In 2004 there were 150 robots being used in Iraq. By 2008 there were 12,000. (Source)
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- #97 in Artificial Intelligence
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