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03554aam a2200385 i 4500 001 3045C3B849F311ED9CAF447533ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221012010028 008 210913s2022 caua rb 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021045189 020 $a 0520384768 020 $a 9780520384767 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d SLV $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NLMVD $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a UG479 $b .G66 2022 082 00 $a 355.8 $2 23/eng/20211006 100 1 $a GonzaÌlez, Roberto J. $q (Roberto JesuÌs), $d 1969- $e author. 245 10 $a War virtually : $b the quest to automate conflict, militarize data, and predict the future / $c Roberto J. GonzaÌlez. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xvii, 249 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a War 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. GonzaÌlez 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. GonzaÌlez, 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. GonzaÌlez 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Artificial intelligence $x Military applications. 650 0 $a Military art and science $x Automation. 650 6 $a Intelligence artificielle $x Applications militaires. 650 6 $a Art et science militaires $x Automatisation. 650 7 $a Artificial intelligence $x Military applications. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00817271 650 7 $a Military art and science $x Automation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01020879 776 08 $i Online version: $a GonzaÌlez, Roberto J., 1969- $t War virtually $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] $z 9780520384774 $w (DLC) 2021045190 941 $a 2 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230121010231.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20221012010704.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3045C3B849F311ED9CAF447533ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search