Automation and Information Warfare

Question 1

What is automation?

Answer 1

A technology concerned with performing a process by means of programmed commands combined with automatic feedback control, to ensure a proper execution of the instructions

Question 2

What is the origin of automation?

Answer 2

Henry Ford production line

Question 3

What is information warfare?

Answer 3

The processing use and management of information to gain competitive advantage (over rival nations)

Question 4

What are the ethical implications of information warfare in modern life?

Answer 4

Spreading fake news will lead people to act in a way the would’ve have acted otherwise, if they knew the truth

cyber attacks could leak peoples info

Question 5

What are some unethical or illegal ideas to gather competitive intelligence?

Answer 5

Lying about who you are to get insight

contact old employees

bribe employees

blackmail

try to listen in on their conversations

befriending employees

alter terms and conditions to allow for unethical means

Question 6

What is competitive intelligence?

Answer 6

Intelligence on competitors

Question 7

What will the role of automation look like in the next decade?

Answer 7

Dunno

Question 8

What is the impact of automation?

Answer 8

Advantages commonly attributed to automation include higher production rates and increased productivity, more efficient use of materials, better product quality, improved safety, shorter workweeks for labour, and reduced factory lead times.
A main disadvantage often associated with automation, worker displacement, has been discussed above. Despite the social benefits that might result from retraining displaced workers for other jobs, in almost all cases the worker whose job has been taken over by a machine undergoes a period of emotional stress. In addition to displacement from work, the worker may be displaced geographically. In order to find other work, an individual may have to relocate, which is another source of stress.

Question 9

What are some types of information warfare?

Answer 9

Intelligence-based warfare e.g. spying
Electronic warfare e.g. jamming radio frequencies
Psychological operations e.g. propaganda
Hacker warfare e.g. targeted viruses
Cyber warfare e.g. disabling websites
Cryptographic techniques

Question 10

What is an example of when information warfare was used?

Answer 10

In the more recent past, information warfare has been used in the form of propaganda dropped over the civil-war conflicts in Somalia to persuade Somali locals (as well as combat soldiers) that the U.S. forces were there to help, and that a peaceful resolution could be established.

Question 11

What are some challenges in combatting information warfare?

Answer 11

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