karlinuxMar 8
Jocelynephiliac 

They asked an LLM for military targets and are shocked it hallucinated one at the site of a school.

There has never been a technology so readily capable of erasing intelligence and reason.

Mar 7 at 7:45amWeb
Show threadRiley S. FaelanMar 7
@twipped Which is really weird, because it goes against the usual grain of the pattern. The Bolsheviks, in particular, were extremely fond of micromanaging everything personally. The Original Nazis seem to have been a bit more willing to delegate, but still micromanaged heavily.
Show threadLona TheartlavMar 7
@riley @twipped Well, the "i was just following orders" had been proven to be an invalid defense, so now they are testing the "a computer did it while i was away".
Show threadRiley S. FaelanMar 7

@theartlav Maybe it has something to do with a combination of desiring the æsthetics of being a mighty war general and also desiring to not do any work of generaling a war, which is hard.

@twipped

Show threadtuban_muzuruMar 7

@riley @theartlav @twipped

We might conclude wars get innocent people killed. Assholes get medals.

Show threadإمي ❄️🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸Mar 7
@twipped Alternatively: they used training data of the sites that IDF bombed.
Show threadrefraction Mar 7
@twipped consider: they might use it for plausible deniability regarding whether they did war crimes on purpose. Israel did this heavily in Gaza. "AI" laundering of war crimes seems to be the hot new thing.
Show threadDarrell Hilliker 👨‍🦯♾️📡Mar 7
@matt @twipped Are we sure the school target incident was due to an AI? I think we'd better be careful before making those kinds of accusations. We must resist in ways that are effective and disinformation destroys our credibility. Militarys have been making targeting mistakes since the beginning of humanity.
Show threadMatt CampbellMar 7
@darrell73 You're right. I've retracted that boost.
Show threadDarrell Hilliker 👨‍🦯♾️📡Mar 7
@matt Np. I'm sure I've done this a time or to as well. Thanks.
Show threadDanielle ForéMar 7

@darrell73 Pentagon hasn’t confirm it selected this specific target, but it’s likely Claude was used since it’s being used to select other targets

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/pentagon-ai-claude-bombing-elementary-school

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-strikes-in-middle-east-use-anthropic-hours-after-trump-ban-ozNO0iClZpfpL7K7ElJ2

@matt @twipped

Pentagon Refuses to Say If AI Was Used to Select Elementary School as Bombing Target

Did the US military use Anthropic's Claude to select targets in its weekend operations in Iran, with devastating results?

Futurism
Show threadJocelynephiliac Mar 7
@darrell73 @matt this post was in direct response to a confirmation https://thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai-error-girls-school-bombing/
Exclusive: AI Error Likely Led to Iran Girl's School Bombing

Pentagon investigators believe a bombing of a girls' school in Iran on Saturday likely resulted from inaccurate information provided by AI.

This Week in Worcester
Show threadCecilia | MeraOrdMar 7
@twipped According to Swedish tv, the school had a military site next door. That is... awful town planning.