Who will live, who will die… this tiny computer from Israel decides

The use of artificial intelligence i.e. AI has become quite common today. People are using AI in education, treatment, business and research, but now AI is also making life and death decisions for people. Now not only guns, missiles and soldiers are making decisions on the battlefield, but computers and artificial intelligence i.e. AI are also playing an important role. Now it is being used to decide who will live and who will die.

AI’s take on people’s life decisions came to the fore when Naza, a documentary on the Israel-Gaza war, premiered at the Venice Film Festival this month. After this documentary came out, there is a lot of anger among the people. However, after watching the documentary, the question has started to arise whether the decision of a person’s life can be left to technology. This documentary shows how people have been targeted and killed using AI.

Revealed about two AI systems

As for ‘Naja’, it includes 24 Israel Defense Forces sources who have provided information about him. However, their names have been withheld. Interviews and investigations conducted for the documentary mentioned two AI systems, which were detailed. It was also said that these two have been used extensively in the Gaza war. One of the two AI systems is called Lavender and the other is called Where’s Daddy.

• lavender- It is used to create ‘terrorist’ targets.
• where is dad This system was used to connect targets to their homes simultaneously and automatically.

37,000 people were targeted

A former Israeli military source appearing in the documentary claimed that in the early months of the war, a target list of about 37,000 potential people was drawn up using the Lavender system. It was also claimed that the system was trained on the use of mobile phones and the movements of known Hamas operatives before the Gaza war. It was also said that after the training, Gaza was redone after 7 October to scan phone data and list potential targets.

A separate list was made by giving the details.

In the ‘Naja’ documentary, a system user claimed that the Lavender AI system was preparing 37,000 potential human targets at its peak. The user said that if Hamas’ keys were defined in detail, civil defense and policemen would also be included in the list. According to the report, in the early days of the war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that the IDF create more targets.

An Israeli military operator was quoted in the documentary as saying that the aim of the AI ​​system was ‘quantity, not quality’. According to whistleblowers associated with ‘Naja’, the targets prepared by the AI ​​system were claimed to be checked by human operators. But one source said that in some cases he spent only 20 seconds examining each target.

The IDF denies these claims

However, the IDF has denied these claims. An army official told The Telegraph that this created a false picture. However, he did not rule out the possibility of using various technologies, including AI. According to him, several aspects like the target, bystanders, possible civilian casualties, weapons and military objective are checked before sanctioning the attack.