Joint statement on #AI in #warfare
"We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are deeply alarmed by the rapid militarization of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
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We therefore call for tech companies and states to halt the provision of AI systems for use in the #military kill chain and to take all steps to ensure that other AI systems they provide do not cause or contribute to violations of international humanitarian law (#IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL). AI-accelerated warfare is rapidly becoming a means of rubber-stamping #killing at speed and at scale, and currently no technical or procedural fixes can effectively prevent the lethal and devastating consequences that stem from the fundamental challenges it poses to international law."
Full statement: https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/joint-statement-on-ai-in-warfare/

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"Global researchers, publishing in Nature, project that the cuts to USAID could result in 163,500 child deaths yearly. Another publication in The Lancet says there could be millions more to come. Musk showed no sign of caring." #Killers #Killing #Murderers #Murder #DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #USpolitics #GlobalPolitics #WorldPolitics #Fascism

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