and Cole's first novel, a chilling vision of what might happen in a world war." The book was subsequently placed on the reading list of organizations ranging from all the US military services to the CIA and Royal Air Force. The US Navy also later named a robotic ship program "Ghost Fleet." LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018, ) is a book by P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking. The book examines the history of communications, the rise of open-source intelligence, the failed promise of cyber-utopianism, the advent of internet-based information warfare, and the growing political influence of Silicon Valley. Singer and Brooking identify a new mode of conflict, "LikeWar", in which competing viral phenomena influence the outcome of both military operations and political campaigns. Singer has described "cyberwar" as hacking computer networks and "likewar" as hacking people on them, "where the object is to drive something viral through a mix of likes, shares, and sometimes lies." In a starred review, Booklist described it as, "required reading for everyone living in a democracy and all who aspire to," while Amazon and Foreign Affairs named it a book of the year. Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020, ) is the second novel of "useful fiction" by Singer and August Cole. It used the format of a technothriller to share 300 nonfiction insights about the trends of AI and automation and their political, economic, and social effects. On December 15, 2020, it was announced that a drama based on the novel was in development by CBS with Rideback as the production company and Robert Doherty, Daniel Lin, Lindsey Liberatore, P.W. Singer, and August Cole as executive producers. See also The Brookings Institution Military use of children Notes External links P.W. Singer Author website Curriculum vitae Brookings Institution Wired for War book website Video (with audio-only available) of conversation with Singer and John Horgan on Bloggingheads.tv Interview with Peter Singer on Child Soldiers, Private Soldiers and Robots by Theory Talks Interview on Wired for War at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Audio: Peter Singer in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion programme The Forum American political scientists International relations scholars American military writers Harvard University alumni Living people 1974 births Year of birth uncertain Princeton