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Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school

974 points · 553 comments · devonnull

  1. colingauvin · · focus · HN ↗
    While I think that it's important to do root cause analysis, we need to be very careful not to absolve blame from the people that decided to shift a significant weight of decision-making authority to an AI. An AI can't be tried in a court. There has to be a responsible human for everyone one of its actions, especially when it's killing (-people-) children.

    I cannot believe this has come to pass.

    1. jacquesm · · focus · HN ↗
      can -> can't
      1. teekert · · focus · HN ↗
        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.merriam-webster.com&#x2F;grammar&#x2F;cannot-vs-can-not-is-there-a-difference" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.merriam-webster.com&#x2F;grammar&#x2F;cannot-vs-can-not-is...
        1. Jtsummers · · focus · HN ↗
          He&#x27;s referring to this sentence:

          &gt; An AI can be tried in a court.

          An AI can&#x27;t be tried in a court.

      2. colingauvin · · focus · HN ↗
        ty, fixed
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