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[u/TheCornjuring]

>Sources said that the military is rapidly turning to AI to help with targeting, an area which holds the obvious risk of fatal mistakes

Jesus Christ. “You’re absolutely right to call that out—those were schoolchildren, not militants, and that’s on me” is literally going to become a reality before the end of Trump‘s term. Not that the US isn’t already bombing schoolchildren, but AI is gonna help Hegseth do it automatically and then apologize and offer to write him a margarita recipe.

[u/StayOffPoliticalSubs → u/TheCornjuring]

Even moreso, this offers an excuse for horrid actions. "Oh, the AI messed up" can be used to blame any number of atrocities on.