How AI tells Israel who to bomb
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AI is supposed to help militaries make precise strikes. Is that the case in Gaza?
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Israel's war with Hamas, in response to the attacks of October 7, 2023, has led to more fatalities than in any previous Israeli war, with at least 34,000 Palestinians killed as of May 7, 2024. In Israelโs 2014 war in Gaza, just over 1,400 were killed. One factor in that difference is the use of artificial intelligence.
Israelโs incorporation of AI in warfare has been public for years through both defensive and offensive weapons. But in this war, AI is being deployed differently: Itโs generating bombing targets. The promise of AI in a military context is to enhance strike precision and accuracy, but over the past few months Israeli outlets +972 magazine and Local Call have revealed that the multiple AI systems that help the IDF select targets in Gaza have contributed to the highest number of Palestinian civilian deaths and injuries ever.
In our video, we interview multiple experts to understand how two specific systems, Gospel and Lavender, operate, and we explore the broader implications of current and future AI use in warfare.
Further reading:
Some say AI will make war more humane. Israelโs war in Gaza shows the opposite. by Sigal Samuel on Vox.com: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24151437/ai-israel-gaza-war-hamas-artificial-intelligence
โA mass assassination factoryโ: Inside Israelโs calculated bombing of Gaza, by Yuval Abraham
https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
โLavenderโ: The AI machine directing Israelโs bombing spree in Gaza, by Yuval Abraham
https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
โThe machine did it coldlyโ: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets, by Bethan McKernan and Harry Davies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes
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