The purpose behind this article is to pull together some interesting news from the week of 11/13/2017 as it relates to the future use of advanced drone technologies and their ability to cause serious physical harm.
In the below article you are presented with a fictional story (video) where advanced drones are used to selectively kill individuals. The purpose of the video is to highlight the issues of autonomous weapons and the need to establish regulatory controls.
This fictional video about AI-powered weapons makes The Terminator look like a Disney film
The next article highlights where organized crime has weaponized a drone. While the applications was not as elegant as the above video it did cause me to draw a connection.
Game of Drones: Mexico’s Cartels Have a Deadly New Weapon
https://www.thedailybeast.com/game-of-drones-mexicos-cartels-have-a-deadly-new-weapon
The point of this article is Awareness. It is important for individuals to understand where some of our amazing technologies are going and what can be accomplished with them. (Both Good and Bad)
Questions to think about:
- Can anything be done?
- Have these technologies become to widespread to contain?
- How do you apply security to these types of technologies to ensure that they are not abused?
- What about DIY tech?