"The fact that the move injects government funds into a financial bubble holding the entire stock market afloat while hemorrhaging cash with scant revenue to show for it is just a happy coincidence. "The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proclaimed in a testament to the nation's declining spelling skills. Because nothing says "lethal fighting force" like field officers asking ChatGPT whether to take that hill... and please answer in the style of George Patton!"
"The same technology that regularly hallucinates fake case citations when asked basic legal questions successfully managed to figure out the Geneva Conventions. And it didn't even need the additional detail that the actual humans involved allegedly watched two men waving from the wreckage before deciding to fire anyway. That said, the laws of armed conflict are - by design - more straightforward than most."
The Defense Department launched GenAi.mil to deliver generative AI capabilities to the Armed Forces. The initiative directs government funds toward major AI companies amid concerns about market overvaluation and weak revenue. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth framed AI as central to future warfare. Shortly after launch, a user asked the platform to evaluate a hypothetical Caribbean boat strike; the system applied the Geneva Conventions and produced a correct legal assessment. The platform's performance underscored that basic laws of armed conflict are designed for straightforward application by low-ranked combatants. The episode contrasted AI clarity with apparent prior human decision-making failures and raised questions about reliance on automated answers.
Read at Above the Law
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