The Ring of Gyges has the power to obscure the obvious. As the debate on the morality of the United States’ use of unmanned aerial vehicles (“U.A.V.’s,” also known as drones) has intensified... Read more
He argues that technological change is producing a growing intolerance for the routine slaughter of earlier wars. FOR streamlined, unmanned aircraft, drones carry a lot of baggage these days... Read more
Image by Getty Images via Daylife An international debate is needed on the use of autonomous military robots, a leading academic has said. Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield said th... Read more