[LINK] (Real) Robot Warfare

jim birch planetjim at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 16:56:43 AEDT 2011


There's an interesting podcast on robot/drone warfare on the ABC
Philosophers Zone website:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/the-morality-of-robo-wars---pw-singer/3701744

"This was one of the themes of a talk delivered at the Festival of
Dangerous Ideas by Peter Warren Singer, Senior Fellow and Director of the
21st Century Defence Initiative at the Brookings Institution, the
Washington think tank. He’s one of the world’s leading experts on changes
in 21st century warfare. And he’s not just a policy wonk. He has a firm
grasp on popular culture and he has advised on a video game series. So
here’s PW Singer on robo-wars."

This is a look at the ethical and social implications rather than a techno
oo-ah.  Also available as a transcript, but he's an engaging speaker.  (PW
Singer is not the Australian utilitarian philosopher/friend of pigs.)

Cheers all,

Jim Birch
e: planetjim at gmail.com
m: 04 1243 1243



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