In the popular “Terminator” series of movies robots fought for control of the world, as automated flying war machines hunted their human prey with increasing precision. When the first in the movie series was released in 1984, a cult following made a star out of a then unknown Arnold Schwarzenegger and the term “drone” wasn’t invented yet. When a subsequent sequel was released in 1991, the concept of robotic fighting machines thinking – and killing – on their own seemed like a far-fetched idea. DARPA testing thinking drones Fast forward to 2014 and DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,…
US Department of Defense Experiments With Thinking Drones
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.