Chris mentioned earlier the NPR interview with Brookings Institution scholar PW Singer on his new book, Wired for War.  I am naturally reading the book as we speak, but for those wanting a useful, clear, short take from Singer himself, check out the Winter 2009 issue of the Wilson Quarterly, and Singer’s cover article, “Robots at War: The New Battlefield.”  (The whole article appears to be available at the link.  Hooray!  I’ll be commenting on the article in an invited set of letters that the WQ will publish in the next issue.)

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