Killer Apps

Jeremy Packer and Joshua Reeves provide a critical account of the history and future of automation in warfare by highlighting the threats posed by the latest advances in media technology and artificial intelligence.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  vii
Preface to an Inauthentic Document  ix
Introduction. Event Matrix (DoD)  1
1. Identification Friend or Foe (DoD)  29
2. Centralized Control/Decentralized Execution (DoD)  48
3. Hostile Environment  (DoD)  61
4. In Extremis (DoD)  89
5. Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (DoD)  109
6. Autonomous Operation (DoD)  124
7. Vital Ground (DoD)  139
8. Escalation (DoD)  159
9. Unidentified Flying Objects (USAF)  175
Conclusion. Armistice (DoD)  198
Notes  217
References  235
Index  261

About the author

Jeremy Packer is Associate Professor in the Institute for Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology at the University of Toronto.

Joshua Reeves is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Media at Oregon State University.

Summary

Jeremy Packer and Joshua Reeves provide a critical account of the history and future of automation in warfare by highlighting the threats posed by the latest advances in media technology and artificial intelligence.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Packer, Jeremy Reeves Packer, Joshua Reeves
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781478005872
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0587-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 237 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Künstliche Intelligenz, Krieg und militärische Operationen