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'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza

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Re: 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza

#161
Why is this flagged?

Our premiere AI geniuses were all sqawking to congress about the dangers of AI and here we see that "they essentially treated the outputs of the AI machine “as if it were a human decision.”

Sounds like you want to censor information that could hurt your bottomline.

Re: 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza

#165

Upsetting how quickly the other thread was flagged and downranked.

Is there any consequence for inappropriate flagging?

Not in this instance, I assume. People flagging too much can result in shadowbanning, but perhaps the mods think that flagging posts that might host heated political-religious discussion is ok (even if they don't have such discussion, and even if they are on-topic for HN).

I also don't think there is a way to complain about abusing flags other than emailing the mods; I have no clue about the effectiveness of this complaint.

Re: 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza

#166

> “We were not interested in killing [Hamas] operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity,” A., an intelligence officer, told +972 and Local Call. “On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.”

Watching i24 news is a little unsettling. They run bits with interrogators announcing how productive torture has been, and make jokes about how it would be much easier if lemons just gave up their juice without being squeezed.

Re: 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza

#168
My question is:

How far does the AI system go… is it behind the AI decision to starve the population of Gaza?

And if it is behind the strategy of starvation as a tool of war, is it also behind the decision to kill the aid workers who are trying to feed the starving?

How far does the AI system go?

Also, can an AI commit a war crime? Is it any defence to say, “The computer did it!” Or “I was just following AI’s orders!”

There’s so much about this death machine AI I would like to know.

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