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Wired for War

P. W. Singer

How are robots and other new technologies changing who fights wars and how, and what does that mean for the people in them?

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Author
P. W. Singer

Why read it

  • You will see why robots that keep soldiers out of danger raise hard new questions about who fights and who bears the risk
  • You will understand the new problems of coordinating and controlling the first wave of military robots
  • You will stop thinking of war robots as tools only for great powers, since groups like Hezbollah and private firms already use them

Who it is for

  • A military or policy reader tracking drones and robots
  • A technologist curious about how robots change war
  • A reader who grew up fascinated by war and gadgets

Contents

  1. WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
  2. “THE FUTURE AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE”
  3. THE PARADOX OF THE FUTURE AND OF WAR
  4. YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT
  5. THE END OF THE BEGINNING
  6. [PART ONE] - THE CHANGE WE ARE CREATING
  7. CLEANING FLOORS AND FIGHTING WARS
  8. THE iROBOT WAY
  9. ENGINEERING THE COMPETITION
  10. THE KILLER APP
  11. THE WAR BEYOND BOSTON
  12. THE NEW WARRIOR AT HOME
  13. THE REST OF THE STORY
  14. THE QUEST FOR ARTIFICIAL LIFE
  15. ROBOTS GO TO WAR
  16. A COLD WAR AND A COLD MARKET
  17. A SLOW START
  18. THE RISE OF “SMART” BOMBS
  19. “FIRE IT INTO THE HEAVENS”
  20. “ THE ROBOT IS OUR ANSWER TO THE SUICIDE BOMBER”
  21. YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK
  22. THE FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT
  23. WHAT IS A ROBOT?
  24. INTERFACE: THE MAN AND THE MACHINE
  25. ALL JACKED UP
  26. AUTONOMY: WHEN A ROBOT DECLARES INDEPENDENCE
  27. “INTELLIGENCE IS INTELLIGENCE”
  28. Al GETS STRONG
  29. SENSORS AND SENSIBILITY
  30. TAKING EFFECT
  31. CAN’T FIGHT THE POWER
  32. ROBOTS TAKE FORM
  33. HUMANOIDS: THE HIGHEST FORM OF ARROGANCE
  34. BIO-BOTS: STEALING FROM NATURE
  35. BREAKING THE MOLD
  36. EXPONENTIAL POWER
  37. AN EXPONENTIAL WORLD
  38. “THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR”
  39. A SINGULAR SENSATION
  40. QUESTIONING THE RAPTURE
  41. THE MILITARY AND THE SINGULARITY
  42. THE COMING WARBOTS BY LAND
  43. WET AND WILD, ROBOT STYLE
  44. TOP (UNMANNED) GUNS
  45. ASTROBOTS GO TO WAR
  46. REDEFINING THE LOOP
  47. WHY AUTONOMY?
  48. RETIRING G.I. JOE?
  49. TEAMING UP: WARFIGHTERS’ ASSOCIATES
  50. THERE IS NO EUREKA
  51. “ GI T ROCKIN’: GOVERNMENT IT ROCKS, DO YOU? ”
  52. PIMPING AIN’ T EASY
  53. MAKING KEVLAR UNDERWEAR
  54. CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
  55. WHAT IS SCIENCE FICTION?
  56. SCIENCE FICTION AND WAR
  57. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: SCI-FI PREDICTIONS
  58. TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY
  59. DIRECT INSPIRATION, OR “HOW WILLIAM SHATNER CHANGED THE WORLD ”
  60. FUNDING SCI-FI

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