In my new book, War At The Speed Of Light, I discuss why the US military is eager to deploy directed energy weapons, such as lasers. One important reason has to do with hypersonic (i.e., five or more times faster …

Artificial intelligence (AI) surrounds us. However, much the same way we seldom read billboards as we drive, we seldom recognize AI. Even though we use technology, like our car GPS to get directions, we do not recognize that at its …

What is a strong artificially intelligent machine (SAM)? It is a machine whose intelligence equals that of a human being. Although no SAM currently exists, many artificial intelligence researchers project SAMs will exist by the mid-21st Century. This has major …

While researching my new book, War At The Speed Of Light, I surfaced some important questions regarding the threat artificial intelligence poses to humanity. For example, Will your grandchildren face extinction? Even worse, will they become robotic slaves to a …

The pace of warfare is accelerating. In fact, according to the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization, “So fast will be this process [command and control decision-making], especially if coupled to automatic decisions to launch artificially intelligent autonomous weapons …

  New Book by Louis A. Del Monte Grapples with US’ Development of Star Trek-like Weapons   Directed Energy Weapons and the Future of 21st Century Warfare   Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2, 2021: For many Americans, the idea of laser …

Every branch of the US military will deploy lasers. In fact, the US Army is building the world’s most powerful laser weapon (Read more about it here). Given the pace that the US military is developing and deploying laser weapons, …

Announcement My new book War at the Speed of Light: Directed-Energy Weapons and the Future of Twenty-First-Century Warfare is a hardcover, 288-page book, being released by Potomac Books on March 1, 2021. Overview War at the Speed of Light describes the …

Announcement Do you want to familiarize yourself with a topical and controversial subject, namely, the new arms race for autonomous weapons? Consider joining me at my January 26, 2019 (Saturday), book signing event at Barnes & Noble in the Ridgehaven …

What is the driving force behind autonomous weapons? There are two forces driving these weapons: Technology: AI technology, which provides the intelligence of autonomous weapon systems (AWS), is advancing exponentially. Experts in AI predict autonomous weapons, which would select and …