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> Israel is a annulling any distinction between a civilian and combatants, and treating the entire civilian population as combatants, including by employing dub
by dlubarov 3y ago
> Israel is a annulling any distinction between a civilian and combatants, and treating the entire civilian population as combatants, including by employing dubious mass surveillance tactics.
By dressing soldiers in civilian clothes, Hamas forces Israel to guess who is or isn't a combatant. Given that Israel has to make such calls, shouldn't they collect all available information to make them as accurately as they can? Shouldn't we be more concerned about mistakes (leading to civilians deaths) than about privacy?
- runarberg 3y agoLike I said elsewhere, this logic justifies Oct. 7. But also, no. The purpose obviously isn’t to find combatants. If it is it is very poor one obviously. No they are doing this to justify mass targeting of civilians. In reality this does not only strip Palestinians of their privacy, it also creates potential targets out of any Palestinian.
- dlubarov 3y agoBy targeting civilians, do you mean killing them? If that was Israel's goal, why would they need facial recognition? Facial recognition suggests selective targeting; if the goal was to kill civilians wouldn't they just carpet bomb without worrying about any particular targets?
- runarberg 3y agoYour guess is as good as mine, but I guess they use it to justify their targeting. What the AI tells them to target, they target. If the AI is inaccurate—which it probably is—even better, the results are the same. Whole neighborhoods are carpet bombed, massive civilian casualty rate, but the optics are better. And hopefully they don’t get charged at the Hague.