AI is an easy scapegoat when you don't want to take accountability for your actions. I'm not questioning these elements potentially playing a role in this particular situation. However, the US has also been bombing school children before the adoption of AI.
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2026
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Putting the AI in charge and then saying the AI did it doesn't absolve any guilt. Saying you bombed a school because of AI should be even worse than just bombing the school on purpose.
"Flawed intelligence" what a weird way of saying "People dumb as fucking rocks in charge".
I kind of believe them because it seems quite reasonable that the AI or whatever draws a slighty wrong border around a military complex, or an AI that was trained to distinguish different military targets was not trained very well on schools.
At least they are investigating. I assume that while the military naturally accepts that some civilian deaths cannot be prevented, they still try to minimise those when possible.
Since people all over the world are prone to simply trusting AI, it is important that a military creates procedures and educated their responsible personnel in order to mitigate the risks of AI use.