▲ 814 ▼ Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 Iranian school children (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] zuckey78@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Who pressed the button? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Probably a well trained military crewman who knows how to follow orders from the guys up top who should have already done the vetting of the information. Can't fault them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago Yeah, if you're a trigger puller you assume you've been assigned legitimate military targets. When the "sights" you're aiming down are an ISR feed from a satellite, drone or just GPS coordinates, it can be difficult to verify the building you've locked is a school or headquarters of something. Complicated by the pace of attack this administration demanded. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Probably a well trained military crewman who knows how to follow orders from the guys up top who should have already done the vetting of the information. Can't fault them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago Yeah, if you're a trigger puller you assume you've been assigned legitimate military targets. When the "sights" you're aiming down are an ISR feed from a satellite, drone or just GPS coordinates, it can be difficult to verify the building you've locked is a school or headquarters of something. Complicated by the pace of attack this administration demanded. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago Yeah, if you're a trigger puller you assume you've been assigned legitimate military targets. When the "sights" you're aiming down are an ISR feed from a satellite, drone or just GPS coordinates, it can be difficult to verify the building you've locked is a school or headquarters of something. Complicated by the pace of attack this administration demanded. permalink fedilink source parent