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Americans Can Learn To Live With A Sky Full Of Drones, Koray Özpolat, Resit Sendag

Koray Özpolat

Skynet, the evil super-computer of the Terminator movies, becomes self-aware, computes an existential threat from humanity and launches a nuclear attack on the enemy. To eradicate humans, Skynet builds terminator robots and hunter-killer drones.

While Terminator fans are looking forward to seeing the next stage of the war against machines (due to be released next year), many Americans are concerned that actual attacks on their privacy and safety will soon be coming from the sky — through unmanned aerial vehicles, a.k.a. “drones.”

Popular coverage of drones tends to play into this theme, whether it’s a politician shooting down a drone …