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Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot (pivot-to-ai.com)
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I was only following the bot’s orders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh9dirnYeA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251210-department-of-defense-goes-to-war-by-ai-chatbot - podcast

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

But this is the military, so it’s not like details matter or lives are on the line if you’re out in the field and get a sheet of instructions that are completely detached from reality.

Its not like the damage to morale this will near-certainly cause will have some knock-on effects, either.

EDIT: "Soldier dissatisfaction" didn't accurately describe what this plan will do - changed it to "damage to morale".

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 6 points 6 days ago

The new "Radio didn't work and I never heard the order to shovel forty tons of shit, sir" is going to involve some suspiciously direct damage to Corporal Chatbot's output devices.