----- Forwarded message from Ali-Reza Anghaie <ali@packetknife.com> ----- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:38:41 -0400 From: Ali-Reza Anghaie <ali@packetknife.com> To: drone-list <drone-list@lists.stanford.edu> Subject: Re: [drone-list] Joshua Foust on LARs Message-ID: <CAPKVt5+brytR4KqXYTywFQpCECHv347Y9msdywBv+r8_M1AD=Q@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: drone-list <drone-list@lists.stanford.edu> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Gregory Foster <gfoster@entersection.org> wrote:

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National Journal (Oct 8) - "Soon, Drones May Be Able to Make Lethal Decisions on Their Own" by @JoshuaFoust: http://www.nationaljournal.com/national-security/soon-drones-may-be-able-to-...

This unusual article is belied by its title, as it seems to marshal evidence against the likelihood of military usage of lethal autonomous robots (LARs) citing the very real fear of political consequences. But freelance journalist Joshua Foust is a hawk and military realist, so here's his hidden suggestion offered after illustrating how command and control is a weak link in the global drone war machine:

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It may be that the only way to make a drone truly secure is to allow it to make its own decisions without a human controller: if it receives no outside commands, then it cannot be hacked (at least as easily). And that's where LARs, might be the most attractive.

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I find his tone here curious since he is also quite insistent that NSA abuse is fairly mundane and - while agreeing with calls for more technical controls - seems perfectly happy to consider the existing ones good enough to agree with the NSA's assertions "no harm, no foul".. I also think that assertion of human control is glib-ludicrous, especially after calling out (rightfully) Greenwald's sudden "expertise" on all matters technical. I like Foust generally but he keeps getting the idea of controls balanced against human activity wrong IMO. -Ali -- Want to unsubscribe? Want to receive a weekly digest instead of daily emails? Change your preferences: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list or email companys@stanford.edu ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://ativel.com http://postbiota.org AC894EC5: 38A5 5F46 A4FF 59B8 336B 47EE F46E 3489 AC89 4EC5