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A technology expert describes the ever-increasing role of artificial intelligence in weapons development, the ethical dilemmas these weapons pose, and the potential threat to humanity.Artificial intelligence is playing an ever-increasing role in military weapon systems. Going beyond the bomb-carrying drones used in the Afghan war, the Pentagon is now in a race with China and Russia to develop "lethal autonomous weapon systems" (LAWS) . In this eye-opening overview, a physicist, technology expert, and former Honeywell executive examines the advantages and the potential threats to humanity resulting from the deployment of completely autonomous weapon systems. Stressing the likelihood that these weapons will be available in the coming decades, the author raises key questions about how the world will be impacted.
About the Author
Louis Del Monte is an award winning physicist, inventor, futurist, featured speaker, CEO of Del Monte and Associates, Inc. and high profile media personality.
For over thirty years, he was a leader in the development of microelectronics, integrated circuit sensors, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for IBM and Honeywell. His patents and technology developments, currently used by Honeywell, IBM and Samsung, are fundamental to the fabrication of integrated circuits and sensors. As a Honeywell Executive Director, he led hundreds of physicists, engineers, and technology professionals engaged in micro to nano technology development for both Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial applications. He is literally a man whose career has changed the way we work, play and make war.
Del Monte is the recipient of the H.W. Sweatt Award for scientific engineering achievement and the Lund Award for management excellence. A number of his patents are fundamental to the fabrication of integrated circuits and both Samsung and Honeywell utilize them.
His media exposure includes both television and radio interviews (ongoing) , 25,000 Twitter followers, 250,000 Facebook post reads per year, 12,000 Google Plus followers accounting for over 2,100,000 post reads and over 40,000 visitors per year to his Science Q&A Blog. Major magazines like the Business Insider, The Huffington Post and The Atlantic have featured his articles or quoted his views on technology.
As a physicist, bestselling author, former Honeywell executive director, and CEO of Del Monte and Associates, Louis Del Monte shares his scientific and business expertise to deliver compelling talks that attendees find riveting. You may have read one of his popular science books or articles, seen him quoted in major media, listened to a radio interview, or watched a television program that featured him. You are likely either using or within an arm's length of a technology innovation or invention he and his team developed. For your next event, book the man whose career has literally changed the way we work, play, and even make war.
Louis Del Monte has authored five science books: Unraveling the Universe's Mysteries (2012) ; How to Time Travel (2013) ; The Artificial Intelligence Revolution, which became Amazon's number-one bestseller on artificial intelligence (2014) ; Nanoweapons: A Growing Threat to Humanity (2017) ; and his latest book The Artificial Intelligence Threat: Human Extinction (estimated release 2018) .
