drones

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

While we're at it: Did anybody here read /Kill Decision/?

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/07/daniel-suarez-kill-decision/

" ... Right now, we see drones on the news operating solo --- a human 
operator hundreds or even thousands of miles away flying one 
remote-controlled, safe and secure away from the enemy. But what would 
happen if instead of one drone, there were hundreds or thousands of 
them, working together, aware of their position relative to one another, 
capable of communicating and assigning tasks among the group? And what 
if all of these drones had decision-making capabilities programmed in, 
capable of making life and death decisions without consulting a human 
operator? And what if these drones were all made from off-the-shelf 
parts that could not be easily traced back to a buyer with any 
particular affiliation or even country? How would a government or 
military react to an attack from a source that is autonomous, 
overwhelming in numbers, and completely deniable in terms of ownership?

These are all questions that are raised in the pages ofKill Decision. 
The story is about a small group of individuals who discover that a 
series of terrorist attacks on US soil are being carried out by an 
unknown organization using inexpensive (relative to fighter jets, that 
is) technology that has been weaponized, programmed to kill, and has no 
perceivable pattern for its attacks. To make matters worse, the 
technology is being controlled by software that is both cutting edge and 
completely unknown to much of the world. And when the people responsible 
for this cutting edge tech discover that their research, software, or 
technology is part of this conspiracy, they are immediately targeted and 
killed to tie up loose ends. The story is part chase and part escape, 
from one side of the globe to the other, as those aware of the secret 
behind the attacks begin to realize not only which players are involved 
but also their motives ..."



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