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Back to EpisodesWhy isn't AI leading to less civilian deaths in war?
Published 6 days, 23 hours ago
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Is the escalating conflict in the Middle East the first AI war?
From intelligence gathering to missile targeting and battle damage assessments - artificial intelligence has enhanced operations on the battlefront at unprecedented speed.
But as new details emerge about the alleged US involvement in a missile strike on an elementary school in southern Iran, questions have been raised about why these advances in battlefield technologies have not resulted in lower civilian deaths.
- Guest: Sarah Kreps, Director of the Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University and former US Air Force officer
- Producers: Eddy Diamond, Grace Stranger