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Mossad assassinated Iran’s chief nuke scientist with remote AI gun – report

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#31
The link seems to be a summary of this article in the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuc...

It provides more detail and context - the "AI" system was apparently used to properly to compensate for latency and wind when aiming the gun.

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#32
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So this is a public bragging about illegally putting a gun in a foreign country and assassinating a person, all the while being comfortably sure that no national or international pushback will come. Quite disturbing to read.

This is a leak like hundred of other leaks. But, it seems like you are trying to push a certain agenda and paint the info in a certain way. Here's another way to frame the same info: At least someone tries to prevent a war and prevent bad actors from obtaining nuclear weapons.

> Here's another way to frame the same info: At least someone tries to prevent a war and prevent bad actors from obtaining nuclear weapons.

We used to have inspectors to do such a thing. Now we're just left with an incredibly convenient Schrodingers nuke to keep those not yet fatigued in a constant state of fear.

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#33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Iran and Israel are at low level war since many decades.

How many Israeli scientists have Iran assassinated?

None because Israel is not actively attempting to advance its nuclear technology capabilities. Because it already has access to advanced nuclear technology.

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#34
post #9

So this is a public bragging about illegally putting a gun in a foreign country and assassinating a person, all the while being comfortably sure that no national or international pushback will come. Quite disturbing to read.

There is no world court or legal structure. The word "illegal" has no meaning in international affairs.

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#35
post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Iran and Israel are at low level war since many decades.

Though you don't see Iran going around killing the people responsible for Israel's nuclear arsenal.

I can't imagine it's for lack of trying.

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#36

Not a lot of details in the article. I'm curious how 'AI' was actually used. Was it used to compensate for wind, distance, etc? Was it used to alert when the target was in range? Was it allowed to automatically recognize the target and deliver a kill shot? Was it used to make sure no innocents were behind him? Why did the apparatus weigh over a ton? It was only a matter of time before this happened though. With off-t…

The term AI was used by The Jerusalem Post in this article to get the attention of people in places like here to give the impression that Israel is technologically advanced and therefore should be more appealing than Iran.

Your last comment implies that you know for sure that the JP wants to give an impression, which could be true, but I would be careful saying things like this with 100% certainty.

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#37

Not a lot of details in the article. I'm curious how 'AI' was actually used. Was it used to compensate for wind, distance, etc? Was it used to alert when the target was in range? Was it allowed to automatically recognize the target and deliver a kill shot? Was it used to make sure no innocents were behind him? Why did the apparatus weigh over a ton? It was only a matter of time before this happened though. With off-t…

The NYT article they're cribbing from has a lot more details, but yes, the AI was to compensate for wind, distance and latency to the operator:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuc...

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#38
post #9

So this is a public bragging about illegally putting a gun in a foreign country and assassinating a person, all the while being comfortably sure that no national or international pushback will come. Quite disturbing to read.

Iran and Israel are at low level war since many decades.

This question is out of pure curiosity: can you give me some examples of this "low level war" being fought? Specifically, what has Iran done that's along the same lines as murdering a nuclear scientist?

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#39
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

In which way are they unrelated in a cultural context where Terminator the movie franchise is a thing?

In the context of the real world , which is where we live, and which is different from a fictional movie.

It’s one thing to argue that an AI terminator WW3 scenario is unlikely or implausible. It’s just disingenious to claim those three things have nothing to do with each other.

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#40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many Israeli scientists have Iran assassinated?

None because Israel is not actively attempting to advance its nuclear technology capabilities. Because it already has access to advanced nuclear technology.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel
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