"The Realities of Autonomous Weapons" is a new Open Access volume co-edited by Dr. Jascha Bareis and Dr. Thomas C. Bächle. The book addresses the meanings and politics of miliary AI and was published by Bristol University Press.

The book explores the realities of autonomous weapons as a complex blend of both existing military technologies and visions of their future capabilities. It explores how these realities shape and become themselves shaped by popular culture, regulatory and ethics debates, military doctrines, policies and research. It examines phenomena ranging from film and artistic interpretations to warfare scenarios and weaponized artificial intelligence. The expected ramifications are profound and always point to the interplay between fact and fiction, actual developments and creative imagination.

Access the table of contents, the artworks and the book for free: http://autonomous-weapons-book.com/

Contributors: Peter Behrbohm, Ingvild Bode, Christoph Ernst, Jens Hälterlein, Teresa Heffernan, Rebecca L. Jones, Xiran Liu, Shimona Mohan, Jeremy Packer, Joshua Reeves, Jennifer Rooke, Elke Schwarz, Bernhard Seidl, Lucy Suchman, Jinyu Wang, Jutta Weber, Johannes Weilandt, Jascha Bareis, Thomas Christian Bächle