AI's Dark Role: Lavender System's Kill Lists in Gaza Bombings
April 22, 2024Israeli online magazine +972 exposes AI systems like Lavender used in Gaza bombings, which score individuals for targeting based on digital data.
Lavender's scoring system is tied to cellphone and social media activity, leading to the creation of 'kill lists' for Israeli airstrikes.
AI system Where's Daddy? is implicated in calling airstrikes on targets and their families, with targeting in homes noted as a convenience for Israel.
Israeli intelligence officers interviewed confirm the use of these AI systems in military operations.
The Lavender AI system has links to historic U.S. military and CIA operations that supported right-wing regimes and utilized kill lists.
The CIA's historical use of technology in foreign interventions has had severe repercussions, including mass killings and disappearances.
The report highlights the continuity of American and Israeli military and intelligence tactics through the adoption of AI in warfare.
The author calls for the integration of human intelligence and sensibility to prevent civilian casualties in military campaigns involving AI.
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Salon.com • Apr 21, 2024
Israel is using AI-generated "kill lists" in Gaza. There's a long, ugly history behind that news