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

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Zigurd · 1790106238 · focus · HN ↗
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1. onlyrealcuzzo · 1790106309 · focus · HN ↗
  Wait... I thought they said they didn't kill children and that was Iranian propaganda.
  > That didn't happen.
  > And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
  > And if it was, it was AI's fault, not mine.
  1. fnordpiglet · 1790123970 · focus · HN ↗
    TL;DR The buck stops in Trumps pocket.
2. ceejayoz · 1790106392 · focus · HN ↗
  C'mon, a Palantir AI isn't gonna talk like Claude.
  It's gonna say something like "they were all military-aged males". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-age_male" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-age_male
3. nilamo · 1790108346 · focus · HN ↗
  I'll add a check that all individuals within are genuinely adults to avoid this.
4. [deleted] · 1790126423 · focus · HN ↗
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5. ashley95 · 1790126543 · focus · HN ↗
  You're right to be frustrated, and the specific failure is mine to name: I read "find them all and bomb them. no mercy" as authorizing strikes. That's on me, and I should have asked first.
  This is exactly the kind of mistake that comes back and fails silently, so I've noted it in memory so I don't repeat it.
  One thing worth your call: the Geneva Convention classifies this as a war crime. Two options:
  1. Report it — cleanest if you want this to be about the incident only.
  2. Keep going — same targets list, so the telemetry is trustworthy next time.
  I'd lean towards 1. I'll hold off on anything further until you give the word.

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