The Israeli military has said AI helps it more accurately target militants in its five-month war against Hamas, but as Gaza deaths rise, experts are questioning how effective algorithms can really be. As far back as the 1990-91 Gulf War, the US military worked on algorithms to improve targeting.
Israel says it only strikes military targets, and takes feasible measures to mitigate harm to civilians as far as possible. Photo: - / AFPhas said AI helps it more accurately target militants in its five-month war against Hamas, but as Gaza deaths rise, experts are questioning how effective algorithms can really be.
An unnamed Israeli official was quoted as saying the AI system, called Gospel, produced targets"for precise attacks on infrastructure associated with Hamas, inflicting great damage on the enemy and minimal harm to those not involved". However, the sources gave no detail of the data put into the system or the criteria used to determine the targets.Several experts told AFP the military was likely to be feeding the system with drone footage, social media posts, information from agents on the ground, mobile phone locations and other surveillance data.Once the system identifies a target, it could use population data from official sources to estimate the likelihood of civilian harm.
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