LEADER 04017nam 22004573 450 001 9910993926503321 005 20250417080429.0 010 $a1-5292-3719-X 024 7 $a10.56687/9781529237191 035 $a(CKB)38272333100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31653231 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31653231 035 $a(DE-B1597)704738 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781529237191 035 $a(OCoLC)1515461641 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938272333100041 100 $a20250417d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Realities of Autonomous Weapons 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBristol :$cBristol University Press,$d2025. 210 4$d©2025. 215 $a1 online resource (365 pages) 311 08$a1-5292-5109-5 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures and Tables -- $tNotes on Contributors -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tThe Realities of Autonomous Weapons: Hedging a Hybrid Space of Fact and Fiction -- $tNarratives and Theories -- $tThe Unreachable Myth: Killing Unknown Victims with Insensible Means by Unidentified Perpetrators for Unapparent Reasons -- $tThe AI/lure of US Airpower: Imaginaries of Disruption in the Pursuit of Technological Superiority Since the Early 20th Century -- $tFrom Maschinenmensch to Robot Bubs: Female-Presenting Autonomous Weapons Systems in Live-Action Films 1927?2023 -- $tAutonomous Weapons in Fiction and the Fiction of Autonomous Weapons -- $tFrom the Reel to the Real: Narratives of Weaponized Artificial Intelligence Technologies in India -- $tTechnologies and Materialities -- $tTransformator -- $tIl/legal War: Expanding the Frame of Meaningful Human Control from Military Operations to Democratic Governance -- $tFrom Network-Centric Warfare to Autonomous Warfighting Networks: Recontextualizing Autonomous Weapon Systems Imaginaries -- $tGoverning Autonomies: Imagining Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the ?Future Combat Air System? European Armament Project -- $tNew Media, New Enemies: The Emergence of Automated Weapons in Counterterrorism -- $tPolitics and Ethics -- $tXCI|XCIX, (91|99) -- $tEngineering Moral Failure? The Challenges of Algorithmic Ethics for Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems -- $tLegitimizing and Contesting Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems in Japan: A Multilayered Analysis of Public Discourse -- $tThe Reality of (Past) Future Air Combat Systems: Climate Wars, Carbon Costs and Rare Earth Elements -- $tShowcasing Power, Performing Responsibility? Introducing Military Artificial Intelligence Discourses in China -- $tIndex 330 $aAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The realities of autonomous weapons are a complex blend of both existing military technologies and visions of their future capabilities. The expected ramifications are profound and always point to the interplay between fact and fiction, actual developments and creative imagination. This book explores how these realities shape and become themselves shaped by popular culture, regulatory and ethics debates, military doctrines, policies and research. It examines phenomena ranging from film and artistic interpretations to warfare scenarios and weaponized artificial intelligence. Intended for researchers (including the disciplines of political and social sciences, media, culture and technology), policy makers, educators and journalists, this is a key resource that uncovers how autonomous weapons are constructed as both a technological reality and a futuristic possibility. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies$2bisacsh 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies. 700 $aChristian Bächle$b Thomas$01815339 701 $aBareis$b Jascha$01815340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910993926503321 996 $aThe Realities of Autonomous Weapons$94370232 997 $aUNINA