surveillance

Neo-Luddite Revelations

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The Last Operator III, The Sunsetting of the Human in the Loop (Neo-Luddite Revelations).

Miniature Landscape 2026

Back in 2006 when I was writing my graduate thesis about drone, surveillance and autonomous systems I knew I could see the future. The fact that technology would eventually change our existence in ways we could not predict was clear to me. Now 20 years later that video of the future is reality. Every current global conflict, from Ukraine to the Middle East and beyond, involves drones on all sides. Thousands of videos are being given to artificial intelligence to train its ability to be used to autonomously choose targets for devastating drone and missile strikes. We are living in the time of the ruination of our perception. Now is the time to embrace the values of the Neo-Luddites. The sunsetting of the human in the loop has begun, where we end up only time will tell.

The Last Operator II

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The Last Operator II, posable 6in figure with accessories(AR goggles, drone controller, AK-47, laptop, Eternal Vision uniform, EMP grenades and propaganda poster).

The Last Operator II figure posed on vitrine stand with ammo crate.

Accessories detail view

eternal vision drone 1002

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Eternal Vision Drone 1002 poster

Somewhere in a distant future, an omnipresent deterrence system reaches beyond the horizon. What was once sold on the utopian ideal of endless peace and security through total surveillance evolved into a system of total control. The presence of continuous observation forced whoever was left deep into hiding sometime long ago. Echoes of the present begin to emerge from the fragments.


anti-detection / anti-interception

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It’s not very hard to imagine a future where AI and autonomous systems form a global surveillance system with the ability to see and act everywhere simultaneously. Drone swarms navigating at multiple levels of the atmosphere all around the world. We have always had an obsession with the idea of autonomous technology taking over, more specifically even the idea of killer robots. I do believe that we are on a technological trajectory that could lead to some of these imagined futures where we are all ruled by machines. Take a look at this New York Times article on the current state of this kind of technology. Right now there are still humans in the loop, but once we are taken out, things will evolve quickly. Who knows what the future will hold.

Global Deterrence Systems