Comment on Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’

CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• DrDeadCrash@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Here’s her words on it

  When I moved to AI Platform, I was excited to contribute to cutting-edge AI technology and its applications for the good of humanity: accessibility products, translation services, and tools to “empower every human and organization to achieve more.” I was not informed that Microsoft would sell my work to the Israeli military and government, with the purpose of spying on and murdering journalists, doctors, aid workers, and entire civilian families. If I knew my work on transcription scenarios would help spy on and transcribe phone calls to better target Palestinians (source), I would not have joined this organization and contributed to genocide. I did not sign up to write code that violates human rights.

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• GreyAlien@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In long.

  In short:

  The AI system labeled tens of thousands of Gazans, mostly men, as suspected militants, with a 10% error rate, meaning thousands were likely civilians.

  Human officers spent ~20 seconds per target, often just confirming gender, before approving airstrikes.

  “Where’s Daddy?”: A companion AI tracked targets to their homes, prioritizing bombings at night when families were present.

  The military authorized 15–20 civilian deaths per low-ranking militant and 100+ for senior Hamas officials

  Strikes frequently used unguided munitions, maximizing destruction and civilian harm

  Officers admitted acting as “stamps” for AI decisions, with one calling the process “hunting at large”

  Additional informations: Project Nimbus

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  • stormdahl@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That is seriously dystopian. Wow, what the fuck…

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  • CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When families were present??? That’s indefensible. It’s not just the children in the home, it’s all the neighbours kids, visitors and passers by. It’s inhumane.

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  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Holy fuck!

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  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Google and Amazon are mentioned in the Wikipedia article but not Microsoft.

    Not defending them, just asking for better evidence.

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    • Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Microsoft isn’t mentioned in the text, but the 3rd citation is a reference to Microsoft: Microsoft to Launch Much Awaited Cloud Server Farm in Israel in 2021

      Separately, I did a quick search: Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war

      In recent years, documents show, Microsoft has also provided the Israeli military with large-scale access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 model – the engine behind ChatGPT – thanks to a partnership with the developer of the AI tools which recently changed its policies against working with military and intelligence clients.

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      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Thanks. Not doubting, but it’s good to have detailed sources.

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  • OmegaLemmy@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    this is comedically evil I don’t even know what to say

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• tauren@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  From the article:

  The Israeli military uses Microsoft Azure to compile information gathered through mass surveillance, which it transcribes and translates, including phone calls, texts and audio messages, according to an Israeli intelligence officer who works with the systems.

  From my understanding, they use AI to automate the processing of text, audio, and video data collected by the intelligence services.

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  • Krompus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    lemmy.world/comment/16260451

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• Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  AI is being pushed into war machines big time. America and China are both working on it. With ukraine showing how incredibly effective drones are in warfare, just imagine the damage and destruction a swarm of drones controlled by an AI could cause.

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  • CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Its scary and awful

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  • stormdahl@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hey, I’ve seen that episode of Black Mirror!

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• TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  npr.org/…/israel-is-using-an-ai-system-to-find-ta…

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  • ganbramor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    But critics warn the [AI] system is unproven at best — and at worst, providing a technological justification for the killing of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

    This 2023 article didn’t age well.

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    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The critics were right

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  • CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fucking hell that’s bad

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• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Stop believing in the veneer of smartness and superiority around these genocidal fuckers.

  There is no NON ELI5 explanation here of how they’re using AI for genocide, because the truth is horrible, stupid and brutal.

  They are using AI because it is the best tool bullshitters have currently to offload blame for things they chose to do onto obscure abstract entities like corporations, AI decisions and other bullshit.

  There is nothing more to it than that, I promise you, it is all just layers of bullshit that is attempting to obscure culpability for participating in a genocide, and honestly it is the perfect technology for that.

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• j0ester@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There are also many professors doing smart drones. I was in one conference and they were showing off drones flying by themselves and showed the difference between different weather and everything.

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