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020			_a9780520384767 _q(hardback)
020			_z9780520384774 _q(ebook)
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100	1		_aGonzález, Roberto J. _q(Roberto Jesús), _d1969-
245	1	0	_aWar virtually : _bthe quest to automate conflict, militarize data, and predict the future / _cRoberto J. González.
263			_a2204
264		1	_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aWar virtually -- Requiem for a robot -- Pentagon West -- The dark arts -- Juggernaut -- Precogs, Inc. -- Postdata -- Acknowlegements -- Appendix : sub-rosa research.
520			_a"A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare--and why we must resist. War Virtually is the story of how scientists, programmers, and engineers are racing to develop data-driven technologies for fighting virtual wars, both at home and abroad. In this landmark book, Roberto J. González gives us a lucid and gripping account of what lies behind the autonomous weapons, robotic systems, predictive modeling software, advanced surveillance programs, and psyops techniques that are transforming the nature of military conflict. González, a cultural anthropologist, takes a critical approach to the techno-utopian view of these advancements and their dubious promise of a less deadly and more efficient warfare. With clear, accessible prose, this book exposes the high-tech underpinnings of contemporary military operations--and the cultural assumptions they're built on. Chapters cover automated battlefield robotics; social scientists' involvement in experimental defense research; the blurred line between political consulting and propaganda in the internet era; and the military's use of big data to craft new counterinsurgency methods based on predicting conflict. González also lays bare the processes by which the Pentagon and US intelligence agencies have quietly joined forces with Big Tech, raising an alarming prospect: that someday Google, Amazon, and other Silicon Valley firms might merge with some of the world's biggest defense contractors. War Virtually takes an unflinching look at an algorithmic future--where new military technologies threaten democratic governance and human survival"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence _xMilitary applications.
650		0	_aMilitary art and science _xAutomation.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aGonzález, Roberto J., 1969- _tWar virtually _dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] _z9780520384774 _w(DLC) 2021045190
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