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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)
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[–] 31 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Blaming it on AI is no excuse.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 weeks ago*

    40 years ago, when the US Navy would should down an Iranian Airliner, we did it with old fashioned American know-how.

    20 years ago, when the US Air Force bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, we did it with the latest in stealth technology.

    Now we outsource the job of murdering civilians to a computer. Fucking shameful.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago

    There is a post on "slop grenades" in workforce (shoppify as AI early adopter) today. Nature of that article is whinning about all of the extra work involved in reviewing AI slop. AI is murdering people in this case because the required adequate review process is ignored. There is likelihood, in this case, that "cruelty is the point" strategic thinking was at play. AI containment/checks excuse as an after the fact explanation for defeat, and obvious unification reaction to "cruelty is the point" idiocy instead of surrender, is still one of the paths for AI to be a destructive force.

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