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17 August

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From one piece AI and the New Fog of War 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The scale of civilian deaths in Gaza followed from Israeli leaders' strategic choices, not from the AI used to pick the targets.

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The high levels of Palestinian civilian casualties reflected the strategic choices made by the Israeli leadership.

AI and the New Fog of Warsamf.substack.com
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When AI-assisted targeting goes wrong the failure lies in the strategic concept it is serving, not in the technology.

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The problem again was not reliance upon AI but that it was supporting a model of warfare with which the United States had been working for some decades, one that prioritized the rapid elimination of enemy capabilities.

AI and the New Fog of Warsamf.substack.com

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