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This Is Hell!
The Pentagon's Silicon Valley Problem / Andrew Cockburn
Feb 28, 2024
Exploring Pentagon's tech failures, AI in military, hypersonic weapons, and challenges. Also, rural American life incidents, eclectic conversations, Israel-Palestine conflict complexities, and Detroit adventures.
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- AI in military precision targeting has led to disastrous outcomes due to failures in distinguishing legitimate targets.
- The collaboration between Silicon Valley and the military has not fulfilled promises of creating unbeatable weapons or ensuring civilian safety.
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AI's Failures in Military Precision Targeting
The podcast discusses how AI's failures in military precision targeting have significant consequences. In the case of the Hamas attack on October 7th, Israel's reliance on AI for targeting led to disastrous outcomes. Despite the promise of precision targeting through AI, the reality was misguided as the AI system failed to differentiate legitimate targets, resulting in civilian casualties.
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