Singer P.W. Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

Author P. W. Singer.
Language English.
Publisher Penguin.
Publication date 2009.
Pages 400 pages.
In Wired for War, P. W. Singer explores the great­est revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare. We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The Terminator. Blending historical evidence with interviews of an amaz­ing cast of characters, Singer shows how technology is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and the ethics that surround war itself. Travelling from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to modern-day "skunk works" in the midst of suburbia, Wired for War will tantalise a wide readership, from military buffs to policy wonks to gearheads.1. Introduction: Scenes from a Robot War.
2. Smart Bombs, Norma Jeane, and Defecating Ducks: A Short History of Robotics.
3. Robotics for Dummies.
4. To Infinity and Beyond: The Power and Future of Exponential Trends.
5. Coming Soon to a Battlefield near You: The Next Wave of Warbots.
6. Always in the Loop? The Arming and Autonomy of Robots.
7. Robotic Gods: Our Machine Creators.
8. What Inspires Them: Science Fiction’s Impact On Science Reality.
9. The Refuseniks: Roboticists Who Just Say No.
10. The Big Cebrowski and the Real RMA: Thinking About Revolutionary Technologies.
11. “Advanced” Warfare: How We Might Fight With Robots.
12. Robots That Don’t Like Apple Pi: How the U.S. Could Lose the Unmanned Revolution.
13. Open Source Warfare: College Kids, Terrorists, and Other New Users of Robots at War.
14. Losers and Luddites: The Changing Battlefields Robots Will Fight On and the New Electronic Sparks of War.
15. The Psychology of War-Bots.
16. YouTube War: The Public and Unmanned Wars.
17. Changing the Experience of War And The Warrior.
18. Command and Control…Alt-Delete: New Technologies And Their Effect On Leadership.
19. Who Let You in the War? Technology and the New Demographics of Conflict.
20. Un-Manning the Laws of War and Other Issues of (Un)Human Rights.
21. A Robot Revolt? Talking About Robot Ethics.
22. Conclusions: The Duality of Robots and Humans.