Computer Says Kill

AI is being rapidly integrated into every systematic aspect of our lives under the promise of efficiency and accuracy — and the military is no exception. But that promise is a false one.

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The claim that AI can make war cleaner, faster, safer, and more surgical glosses over a harder reality: AI is making war less accurate, less accountable, and more consequential. Integrating AI into warfare doesn’t evade the human costs. It just obscures who is responsible for them.

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We’ve seen these promises before — with the bomb, with the drone, and now with AI. But promises are made by people. And so are the decisions that break them. This series traces the people who built the systems, engineered the technology, infiltrated the institutions, compressed the kill chain, and started the wars.