The Realities of Autonomous Weapons

• Autore: Christian Bächle Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 pages)
• Soggetto topico: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies
• Altri autori: BareisJascha
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- The Realities of Autonomous Weapons: Hedging a Hybrid Space of Fact and Fiction -- Narratives and Theories -- The Unreachable Myth: Killing Unknown Victims with Insensible Means by Unidentified Perpetrators for Unapparent Reasons -- The AI/lure of US Airpower: Imaginaries of Disruption in the Pursuit of Technological Superiority Since the Early 20th Century -- From Maschinenmensch to Robot Bubs: Female-Presenting Autonomous Weapons Systems in Live-Action Films 1927–2023 -- Autonomous Weapons in Fiction and the Fiction of Autonomous Weapons -- From the Reel to the Real: Narratives of Weaponized Artificial Intelligence Technologies in India -- Technologies and Materialities -- Transformator -- Il/legal War: Expanding the Frame of Meaningful Human Control from Military Operations to Democratic Governance -- From Network-Centric Warfare to Autonomous Warfighting Networks: Recontextualizing Autonomous Weapon Systems Imaginaries -- Governing Autonomies: Imagining Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the ‘Future Combat Air System’ European Armament Project -- New Media, New Enemies: The Emergence of Automated Weapons in Counterterrorism -- Politics and Ethics -- XCI|XCIX, (91|99) -- Engineering Moral Failure? The Challenges of Algorithmic Ethics for Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems -- Legitimizing and Contesting Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems in Japan: A Multilayered Analysis of Public Discourse -- The Reality of (Past) Future Air Combat Systems: Climate Wars, Carbon Costs and Rare Earth Elements -- Showcasing Power, Performing Responsibility? Introducing Military Artificial Intelligence Discourses in China -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Available 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Realities of Autonomous Weapons
• ISBN: 1-5292-3719-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910993926503321
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