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> Cool job? Being ordered to drop bombs on schools filled with children doesn't seems like a cool job.. That was a launched cruise missile from a ship, targete
by esseph 8mo ago
> Cool job? Being ordered to drop bombs on schools filled with children doesn't seems like a cool job..
That was a launched cruise missile from a ship, targeted by an LLM. Apparently the grounds USED to be a valid military target long ago (a decade? I'm not sure exactly) and now there's a school there.
- dgroshev 8mo ago> targeted by an LLM I don't think it's a known fact at this point.
- esseph 8mo agoI'm not sure what's better/worse: 1. A LLM did the targeting 2. Targets were selected and evaluated by humans and the many-years old change of building shape and purpose didn't get caught during target eval.
- esseph 8mo agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthropic-ai-iran-campaign/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthrop... https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/11/us-military-using-ai-against-iran-operation-epic-fury-adm-cooper/ https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/11/us-military-using-ai-aga... https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/3/headlines/pentagon_used_claude_ai_to_attack_iran_just_hours_after_trumps_ban_on_anthropic https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/3/headlines/pentagon_use...
- dgroshev 8mo agoNone of those articles elaborates on how that particular target was selected, which is the claim the GP made. There's a difference between "Pentagon uses AI for targeting" and "AI selected a school as a legitimate target". Ted Bundy drove a car. Cars kill people. Doesn't mean that Ted Bundy was killing people by running them over.
- sschueller 8mo agoTaking out the human factor makes it so much worse. Building an LLM is one thing but building one specifically to pick targets is another. For me knowing that my actions may have contributed direcly to the death of anyone is not something I want to live with.