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"Warfare in this century will continue to be transformed by software. Many fear the application of artificial intelligence in the military context, including i
by drooby 2y ago
"Warfare in this century will continue to be transformed by software.
Many fear the application of artificial intelligence in the military context, including its potential to make possible more autonomous and indeed self-directed weapons systems.
It has been less fashionable, however, to note that software, including the systems that currently enable target selection and mission planning, has become as vital to the elimination of an adversary as it is to protecting the innocent from harm.
The platforms in use by our defense and intelligence partners present a very real threat to the survival of our enemies.
But those same software systems may also make possible and indeed hasten the beginning of the end of an era of total and indiscriminate war."
- Alex Karp, Q1 Letter to Shareholders
- outside1234 2y agoAnd the reality: https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
- emchammer 2y ago[flagged]
- someotherperson 2y ago> Hamas had Ethernet cables leading from their data center, up a hole to UNRWA's switches Let's not echo this as fact, considering there is quite literally no evidence for this provided. We see a power cable and a PBX setup, and the IDF has refused to provide further proof. When these things are investigated with the limited information available, they end up with contrary conclusions[0] to what the IDF claims. [0] https://threadreaderapp.com/scrolly/1758548577893396578 https://threadreaderapp.com/scrolly/1758548577893396578
- emchammer 2y agoI am not echoing it as fact. I saw photos with chopped Ethernet cables, and I saw the IDF's two videos related to that borehole. Those punch-down blocks pictures on the Internet sleuth site could go either way. It's fine to punch down Ethernet, and I have done so personally. I have also tested the limits of Ethernet's transmission range. It could definitely work within a few hundred meters of UNRWA's building. The underground power cables referred to in the spreadsheet are for 220 kV transmission lines, which are completely different from 400 V power used in data centers. Technicians don't need workstations except maybe for bootstrapping. Everybody uses laptops these days. Why would the data center be sending power upwards to the building?
- someotherperson 2y agoThe point here is that for all intents and purposes, using the information made public, the rooms are located under the university and not UNRWA as the IDF claims.