Can AI systems make moral decisions in war?

aljazeera.com·Hanna Duggal·2026-07-21T10:21:08.000Z
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This article warns that using AI in military targeting, like Palantir’s Maven system, can lead to deadly mistakes—such as a strike on an Iranian school that killed over 150 people—and raises concerns that fast-paced AI decision-making is replacing human judgment in war. It highlights the lack of accountability after such errors and questions whether machines should have power over life-and-death decisions in conflict zones like Gaza, Ukraine, and Iran.

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