Jai Galliott Feed

Jai Galliott

28_drones_main_photo_shutterstock_484559344.jpg

$1.4b splash on drones just the beginning of our autonomous future

28 Jun 2018

Australia's decision to spend $7 billion on six MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft revives the nation's involvement with drones – and the ethical questions that come with them, writes Jai Galliott. 

data security

New law will force some (but not all) organisations to reveal data breaches

10 Mar 2017

New legislation will soon require organisations to disclose any data breaches involving your private details. But the legislation still has gaps in it, writes Jai Galliott.

killer drone

We must prepare for the advent of killer robots

21 Apr 2016

Attempts to define and prohibit autonomous weapon systems may hold back weaponry of significant value in improving international security, warns Jai Galliott.

fighter jet

F-35 as useful as a knife in a gun fight

12 Feb 2016

Given the Joint Strike Fighter's litany of delays and technical problems and suggestions its superiority has already been superseded by autonomous aircraft, it would be prudent for Defence to reduce the number it plans to procure, writes Jai Galliott.

Australian Navy

Time for Defence to think outside the box

09 Nov 2015

Australia needs a high-tech shake-up of our defence strategy, writes Jai Galliott.

Robot

Why we should welcome ‘killer robots’, not ban them

30 Jul 2015

The open letter signed by more than 12,000 prominent people calling for a ban on artificially intelligent killer robots is misguided and perhaps even reckless, writes Jai Galliott.

istock_000040187906_double.jpg

Killer robots maybe not be such bad news in modern warfare

09 Apr 2015

Invoking Hollywood paranoia about a "robopocalypse"' when talking about robots' role in waging war could hold back life-saving technology, writes Jai Galliott.