500 Years Later: Doors and Disputations [Last Word

Abstract

In this issue, we considered the value of a mesh of connective vehicles used to overcome the digital divide yet also recognize the dangers of subscribing to technological fix as a social cure-all. We recognized the benefits of UAVs and military robotics, yet also wrestled with tensions between autonomous weapon systems and jus in bello, thereby questioning war practices when weighed upon the scales of just and fair conduct. Our authors presented methodologies to reform established practices. We applaud our colleagues as robots are designed to better simulate the biological and cognitive processes of humans.