By Nicholas West Similar to its civilian counterpart, The Internet of Things, the military has been trying to increase the integration between physical objects, data…
By Nicholas West Here comes Skynet. Earlier this year in May it was reported by The Intercept that the EU had been working with member…
By Nicholas West Most people have heard of DARPA — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — that is informally known as the mad science…
By Nicholas West Renewed attention over artificial intelligence for use in warfare (“killer robots”) is being brought to the forefront with the recent Convention on…
By Nicholas West Nothing calms the public quite like gunfire in heavily populated areas. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army has plans to do just that starting…
By Nicholas West Unlike my previous post that took a lighthearted look at the newest Robo-Dog on the market, which has a Doberman head filled…
By Nicholas West While I don’t subscribe to the idea that there are inherently bad breeds of dogs, Hollywood has done its best to create…
By Nicholas West One aspect often lost in the immigration debate is the rollout of government solutions that are set to restrict the freedom of…
By Nicholas West This article contains excerpts from Issue 28 of our premium monthly newsletter — Counter Markets. When the reality show Doomsday Preppers aired…
By Nicholas West The move toward using robots in law enforcement, private security, and even to scare away the homeless, has been a decade-long trend…
By Nicholas West After many years of speculation as to weather the use of Directed Energy Weapons in war would be unleashed upon the world,…
By Nicholas West (Note: In light of the latest domestic terror events it will be worth listening closely to the dominant narrative that emerges. It…
By Nicholas West Public resistance in the United States has finally begun to mount against the use of facial recognition systems due to privacy issues…
By Nicholas West It is unfortunate that citizens and experts alike are finally waking up to the threat of artificial intelligence being used by law…
