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I am convinced we're already seeing generative AI used to "verify" military targets for Israel (including now and during their genocide in Palestine) and the US, as well as in ICE with facial recognition for US detainment and target confirmation. If we survive this period in time, any attempt to hold these people accountable for their actions will be met with the excuse they were using generative AI to pick targets and cannot be blamed when the AI makes a mistake. We must not let them use that as an excuse to skirt accountability for the indiscriminate bombings and assaults on civilian targets across the world.

Unfortunately, I cannot see any way out of this so long as we have no government capable, or willing, to reign in the power of these large-data corporations and tech bros. All of this is orchestrated by a group of ultra-wealthy pedophiles pushing technologically-clueless dotards in governments to spearhead the use of generative AI for military and surveillance applications when the technology is misunderstood at best, and ostensibly dangerous at worst. I believe this will only get worse before it gets better if we do not do anything to stop this, and I don't know what we can do to stop any of this at this point.

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[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Just fairly long winded and intense for scrub a dub time I guess. You do you though, I don't think its necessarily wrong for the community.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Unfortunately, it's the world forced upon all of us and not a hard thing to think about when the last thing you saw, before the shower, was about this incredibly reckless genAI proposal. Trust me, I'd rather think about puppies or kittens.

[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Understandable