Killer Flying Robots Are Here. What Do We Do Now?

Argument

An expert’s point of view on a current event.

A new generation of AI-enabled drones could be used to terrible ends by rogue states, criminal groups, and psychopaths.

By Vivek Wadhwa, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program, and Alex Salkever, a technology writer and futurist.



Sailors move an X-47B combat drone aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Atlantic Ocean on May 14, 2013. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter/U.S. Navy via Getty Images

Vivek Wadhwa is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program, and the co-author of From Incremental to Exponential: How Large Companies Can See the Future and Rethink Innovation. Twitter: @wadhwa

Alex Salkever is a technology writer, futurist, and the co-author of From Incremental to Exponential: How Large Companies Can See the Future and Rethink Innovation. Twitter: @AlexSalkever

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Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever