"Although some "science fiction" that reverses incurable cancer is a "good thing"?" Certainly. However:- "Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law. The Israeli army used a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to generate lists of tens of thousands of human targets for potential airstrikes in Gaza, according to a report published last week. The report comes from the nonprofit outlet +972 Magazine, which is run by Israeli and Palestinian journalists. The report cites interviews with six unnamed sources in Israeli intelligence. The sources claim the system, known as Lavender, was used with other AI systems to target and assassinate suspected militants – many in their own homes – causing large numbers of civilian casualties." "Last year, another +972 report said Israel also uses an AI system called Habsora to identify potential militant buildings and facilities to bomb. According the report, Habsora generates targets “almost automatically”, and one former intelligence officer described it as “a mass assassination factory”. The recent +972 report also claims a third system, called Where’s Daddy?, monitors targets identified by Lavender and alerts the military when they return home, often to their family." "Chinese military analyst Chen Hanghui has envisioned a future “battlefield singularity”, for example, in which machines make decisions and take actions at a pace too fast for a human to follow. In this scenario, we are left as little more than spectators or casualties. A study published earlier this year sounded another warning note. US researchers carried out an experiment in which large language models such as GPT-4 played the role of nations in a wargaming exercise. The models almost inevitably became trapped in arms races and escalated conflict in unpredictable ways, including using nuclear weapons." The Conversation, 11/4/24 Everybody's doing it. Cost/benefit ratio?

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
John Francis O’Neil book	08/12/25 16:29:00	Fross Walters
Re:John Francis O’Neil book	08/12/25 17:59:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	08/12/25 21:40:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	08/12/25 23:53:00	Freddie Francis
Re:Re:Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	09/12/25 00:18:00	David Ainsworth
Reply	09/12/25 01:10:00	Michael Ixer
Curate's egg	09/12/25 10:14:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	09/12/25 08:17:00	Jane Carter
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	09/12/25 08:45:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	09/12/25 08:54:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	09/12/25 10:26:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:John Francis O’Neil book	09/12/25 11:53:00	David Ainsworth

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