aceAI weapons systems are already here. Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies | Kenneth Roth
As tech leaders warn about the threats of artificial intelligence, most conjure up images of AI agents running amok, such as hacking systems used to run our critical infrastructure, banks or even militaries. Yet one serious danger is mentioned less frequently – the threat posed by AI–empowered lethal weapons. Fully autonomous versions of these weapons are colloquially known as killer robots. Israel’s conduct in Gaza shows that, in an important respect, such AI weapon systems are already here. An algorithm has be…
AI-generated targets in Gaza were reportedly passed along with only perfunctory human review, while treaty negotiators weakened a requirement for humans to review AI-developed targets before strikes.
The article is an opinion column that relies on reported accounts, and it says AI systems are inevitably shaped by human judgments, such as evidence thresholds and tolerated margins of error, that remain unclear.
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