Defense Acquisition Research Journal Issue 95

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in robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence could change what it means to be human, displace the workforce, and impact our expectations of privacy. In the future, the workforce will be technologists having a broad mix of skills. They will need to be innovators with vision and entrepreneurial spirit yet responsible to society. Just because a technology can be developed or fielded does not mean it is beneficial or worth the costs. Generally, society reacts only when potential dangers of a technology have been demonstrated. Technologists should apply the proper tools and techniques; pro vide accurate, reliable, and reproducible research for building future knowledge; and be made to expose all good and bad uses for their technology.

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Defense ARJ, January 2021, Vol. 28 No. 1 : 98-100