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The wars in Ukraine and Iran have made clear that the nature of warfare is changing, with drones reshaping the battlefield. But the idea of weapons systems with no people onboard is not a new one. At the end of World War II, Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold, commanding general of U.S. Army Air Forces, said, “The next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all.” It took some time, but the U.S. military has at least partially achieved Arnold’s vision.
Joseph O. Chapa holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Oxford and is a research fellow at the University of Massachusetts-Boston’s Applied Ethics Center. He writes about technology, ethics, and war. His book, AI For The Rest of Us, is forthcoming with Air University Press.
