AI-Killing Machine in Gaza

News:

According to six ‘Israeli’ intelligence officers, the military has been using an AI machine, nicknamed ‘Lavender,’ since the beginning of the genocide to generate tens of thousands of ‘human targets’ for liquidation, based on alleged ties to the resistance movement. This information was then fed into an automated tracking system known as ‘Where’s Daddy?,’ which enabled the army to kill each target in their home, along with their families and children, and often many of their neighbors. The system is activated simply when the designated target enters their home, and once darkness falls, bombardments begin.

Comment:

After 11 months of intensive bombing of Gaza, 80% of all buildings are destroyed, and at least 40,000 people have been killed. According to a report from The Lancet, the genocide has likely claimed the lives of 186,000 people or more, while 360,000 housing units have been destroyed, which is more than ever before. Part of the explanation lies in the use of the Lavender system, which utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze data and automatically designate and recommend targets to be bombed. Data from tech giants such as Amazon, Google, and Meta have been utilized to serve the genocide.

When Netanyahu, 11 months ago, said he would turn Gaza into ruins, and when Hagari in October last year stated that they were targeting destruction, not precision, we can now see what their intentions were: indiscriminate destruction and killings through the use of an AI system that automatically, in a short time, designates tens of thousands of bombing targets—far more than what is humanly possible—and then sends target recommendations to a commander who, according to sources, spends no more than 20 seconds approving the attack. Even the type of bomb is chosen based on which is cheapest and causes the most damage, often with a preference for unguided "dumb" bombs on AI-generated targets.

Civilian casualties? According to sources, the algorithms are designed to accept civilian losses in the hundreds, with the priority being quick target designation, tracking, and approvals, even if it hits innocent children, women, hospitals, schools, mosques, and refugee camps. Nothing stands in the way of their indiscriminate bombing campaign facilitated by Lavender, which cannot be questioned. Even after repeated revelations of the system's misidentification and significant civilian casualties, AI-driven targeting continues.

The repeated lie about civilian shields has always been a cover for the brutal warfare and indiscriminate violence that the terror state has always practiced, but now it has been upgraded to a sophisticated, inhumane AI-killing machine that is consciously relied upon.

It is obvious that the Zionist occupation will only continue to transgress all limits in its crimes against the rightful people of Palestine. They exert themselves in developing new means of destruction and murder. Only when they are stopped by a Muslim army under a sincere leadership, will their evil be brought to an end.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Ibrahim Atrach