From the always interesting Greek Reporter, November 3:
Over the years, the use of AI in this domain has broadened, helping in the enhancement of logistics, training, and various facets of peacekeeping operations.
The use of artificial intelligence in conflict situations dates back to at least 1996, when machine learning was first employed to anticipate potential conflict zones.
Developing artificial intelligence models usually doesn’t require encountering an armed soldier ordering your driver to exit the vehicle while aiming a gun at you. However, the AI system being created by F. LeRon Shults and Justin Lane, founders of CulturePulse, for the United Nations, is far from ordinary.
“I got pulled over by the [Israeli] military, by a guy holding [a military rifle] because we had a Palestinian taxi driver who drove past a line he wasn’t supposed to,” Shults tells WIRED. “So that was an adventure.”
In September, Shults and Lane were in the West Bank just a few weeks before the conflict erupted on October 7th, when Hamas launched an attack on Israel. This event triggered one of the most severe periods of violence in the region in the past fifty years.
Both Shults and Lane, who are Americans currently residing in Europe, were present on the ground as part of their contract with the United Nations. Their mission, initiated in August, aims to create a groundbreaking AI model intended to assist in analyzing potential solutions to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, according to WIRED.
“The model is not designed to resolve the situation”
Shults and Lane understand that suggesting AI could “solve the crisis” between Israelis and Palestinians may lead to skepticism and even strong opposition, particularly in light of the distressing images emerging from Gaza every day. Therefore, they want to make it clear that this is not their intention....
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