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

"Our system is 90% accurate if you don't count the 15-20 innocent people taken out for each hit". I know they're measuring the accuracy of target identification but that's laughable when used in this context.

For 100 targets, 90 are 'correct', plus 20x civs per-target is 90/2100 or 4% real accuracy.

Say you use a model that's only 50% accurate and limit yourself to 10 civs per-target, you're at 50/1100 or 4.5% accuracy!

I guess my point is that no self-respecting datascient would release a 50% accurate model, let alone one used to make life or death decisions and yet, in the application of this model, decisions made by humans about its use has made it no better than doing exactly that.

I'm not sure why its such a shock to many to see the censorship on HN. This isn't a public square.

We are privy to the whims of whatever political views of those that aligned/run/manage/stake in YC and their policies and values.

Using the latest advances in technology and computing to plan and execute an ethnic cleansing and genocide? Sounds familiar? If not, check "IBM and the Holocaust".

First time I've really felt like I'm living in a dystopian science fiction.

> Israel is surrounded by countries that would like to see it wiped off of the map

Israel is occupying territories from 3 countries of those. Killing thousands. Initiated attacks in the past to conquer lands from another one (Egypt Sinai) and still occupying Palestinian lands (even if count 1967 borders) where there are 800k settlers/colonizers in west bank alone. And regularly bomb and kill civilians in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. It has WMD (remember the lie that Iraq get invaded under this claim because that is dangerous for the region)

Painting the problem on the other sides while the aggressor is very obvious is a dishonest take at best.

If you want your neighbors to even recognize and sympathize with your cause then you don't kill their children and take their lands. And then claim self-defense.

Most of isreali society origins are from Europe. They are victims of Europe refusing and kicking them outside. That doesn't make them victims in general.

The argument that the lands can be given back if there is a peace and recognition is bullshit. Israel have clear intend in annexation and the US is fine ans even recognized Golan heights as Israeli land. They settle their people in the occupying land. There is even companies and cabinet members discussing building new settlements in gaza after ethnically cleansing the Palestinians.