From cf689313dc56cb5ef73422df340436dd2d1d4fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:22:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Start on section for AI ties to war industry --- README.md | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fb37764..db9acca 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). * [Poor Code Quality](#poor-code-quality) * [Infosec risks](#infosec-risks) * [Healthy and Safety](#healthy-and-safety) - * [Maintainer Fatigue](#maintainer-fatigue) + * [Maintainer Fatigue](#maintainer-fatigue) + * [Ties to the War Industrial Complex](#ties-to-the-war-industrial-complex) * [Deskilling](#deskilling) * [Effect on Hardware Prices](#effect-on-hardware-prices) * [License](#license) @@ -522,7 +523,16 @@ There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerme [LLM use has also been linked to new-onset psychosis](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12863933/). -## Maintainer Fatigue +### Ties to the War Industrial Complex + +A lot of AI companies also work directly with nation states for use in their Departments of War (sometimes called Defense) which in turn leads to futher AI usage during war and invasions. + +As an example [OpenAI works with the Pentagon](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban). + +Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not. + + +### Maintainer Fatigue Having to deal with the onslaught of many LLM written pull requests and issues, causes real maintainer burnout that stagnates projects as maintainers become overwhelmed with half baked, poorly written, insecure code. Here's some examples: @@ -554,7 +564,6 @@ The down-stream effects for consumers is that near all electronic devices which - [The 2026 storage crisis: Why AI data centers are hoarding every hard drive on the market](https://www.howtogeek.com/dont-count-on-hdds-to-save-you-from-rising-storage-costs/) - # License This repository is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. Please see [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt) for more information. From e1b92b9d17023d10a52f7b71e76b9b87094a6a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:35:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] add additional info on policing and war --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index db9acca..8a0fd0d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). * [Healthy and Safety](#healthy-and-safety) * [Maintainer Fatigue](#maintainer-fatigue) * [Ties to the War Industrial Complex](#ties-to-the-war-industrial-complex) + * [Effects on Policing](#effects-on-policing) * [Deskilling](#deskilling) * [Effect on Hardware Prices](#effect-on-hardware-prices) * [License](#license) @@ -527,9 +528,18 @@ There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerme A lot of AI companies also work directly with nation states for use in their Departments of War (sometimes called Defense) which in turn leads to futher AI usage during war and invasions. -As an example [OpenAI works with the Pentagon](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban). +As an example [NPR: OpenAI announces Pentagon deal after Trump bans Anthropic](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban). -Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not. +Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not. Examples: + +- [Gaza: UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/gaza-un-experts-deplore-use-purported-ai-commit-domicide-gaza-call) +- [Lavender & Where’s Daddy: How Israel Used AI to Form Kill Lists & Bomb Palestinians in Their Homes](https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/israel_ai) + +### Effects on Policing + +Police using AI have also led to people being jailed for things they've never done. As an example: + +- [Grandmother jailed for 6 months after AI error linked her to a crime in a state she had never even visited, lawyers say](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/tennessee-grandmother-ai-arrest-error-north-dakota-b2938261.html) ### Maintainer Fatigue From 3854baca1eea5ad2a5722e9e68c35ec5d692a383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:55:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] add more references for war and policing --- README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8a0fd0d..4a09afc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerme A lot of AI companies also work directly with nation states for use in their Departments of War (sometimes called Defense) which in turn leads to futher AI usage during war and invasions. -As an example [NPR: OpenAI announces Pentagon deal after Trump bans Anthropic](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban). +As an example [NPR: OpenAI announced Pentagon deal after Trump bans Anthropic](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban) due to the USA Department of War [launching an AI acceleration strategy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260113071131/https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4376420/war-department-launches-ai-acceleration-strategy-to-secure-american-military-ai/). Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not. Examples: @@ -541,6 +541,12 @@ Police using AI have also led to people being jailed for things they've never do - [Grandmother jailed for 6 months after AI error linked her to a crime in a state she had never even visited, lawyers say](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/tennessee-grandmother-ai-arrest-error-north-dakota-b2938261.html) +There have been warnings about this as well, such as: + +- [Bennan Center of Justice: The Dangers of Unregulated AI in Policing](https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dangers-unregulated-ai-policing) +- [OxJournal: Predictive Policing or Predictive Prejudice? A Study of the Legal, Historical and Ethical Implications of AI in Policing](https://www.oxjournal.org/predictive-policing-or-predictive-prejudice/) +- [The Gaurdian: Police AI Chief admits crime fighting tech will have bias...](https://web.archive.org/web/20260224070735/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/24/police-ai-chief-admits-crime-fighting-tech-will-have-bias-but-vows-to-tackle-it) + ### Maintainer Fatigue From f6ab11e0e2ce1295f520b89e712652450665c47e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:24:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] more evidence of racial bias and ai in policing and also more ai in war --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4a09afc..b2ed708 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -526,27 +526,34 @@ There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerme ### Ties to the War Industrial Complex -A lot of AI companies also work directly with nation states for use in their Departments of War (sometimes called Defense) which in turn leads to futher AI usage during war and invasions. +A lot of AI companies also work directly with nation states for use in their Departments of War (sometimes called Defense) which in turn leads to futher AI usage during war and invasions. This is coupled with [NYT: Palantir, Anthropic and small start-ups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/technology/silicon-valley-war-defense-tech.html). -As an example [NPR: OpenAI announced Pentagon deal after Trump bans Anthropic](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban) due to the USA Department of War [launching an AI acceleration strategy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260113071131/https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4376420/war-department-launches-ai-acceleration-strategy-to-secure-american-military-ai/). +As another example [NPR: OpenAI announced Pentagon deal after Trump banned Anthropic](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic-pentagon-openai-ai-weapons-ban) which was due to the USA Department of War [launching an AI acceleration strategy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260113071131/https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4376420/war-department-launches-ai-acceleration-strategy-to-secure-american-military-ai/). Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not. Examples: - [Gaza: UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/gaza-un-experts-deplore-use-purported-ai-commit-domicide-gaza-call) - [Lavender & Where’s Daddy: How Israel Used AI to Form Kill Lists & Bomb Palestinians in Their Homes](https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/israel_ai) +- [Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war](https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-israel-military-gaza-hamas-artificial-intelligence-20b2adb438b39ee9cb6eb2f52c1ae44a) +- [Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons](https://theconversation.com/google-has-dropped-its-promise-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons-its-part-of-a-troubling-trend-249169) + +All of this to remind you that if you use AI, you're helping to support these companies and the additional activities they participate in, outside of generative code. ### Effects on Policing -Police using AI have also led to people being jailed for things they've never done. As an example: +Police have quickly embraced AI, which has already directly led to people being jailed for things they've never done. As examples: -- [Grandmother jailed for 6 months after AI error linked her to a crime in a state she had never even visited, lawyers say](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/tennessee-grandmother-ai-arrest-error-north-dakota-b2938261.html) +- [This Grandmother was jailed for 6 months after an AI error linked her to a crime in a state she had never even visited](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/tennessee-grandmother-ai-arrest-error-north-dakota-b2938261.html) +- [How Wrongful Arrests Based on AI Derailed 3 Men's Lives](https://web.archive.org/web/20260111202754/https://www.wired.com/story/wrongful-arrests-ai-derailed-3-mens-lives/) -There have been warnings about this as well, such as: +This is, in part, due to companies such as Amazon [Aggressively pushing police to use AI](https://web.archive.org/web/20260116082026/https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/10/01/inside-amazons-aggressive-push-to-get-cops-using-ai-surveillance/) which they do through both facial recognition and offering compute for predictive policing. With regards to facial recognition, here's an example of how it too can lead to false arrests: [Face Recognition on Flawed Data](https://www.flawedfacedata.com/#art-or-science). + +There have been warnings about AI in policing, particularly around racial bias, such as: - [Bennan Center of Justice: The Dangers of Unregulated AI in Policing](https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dangers-unregulated-ai-policing) - [OxJournal: Predictive Policing or Predictive Prejudice? A Study of the Legal, Historical and Ethical Implications of AI in Policing](https://www.oxjournal.org/predictive-policing-or-predictive-prejudice/) - [The Gaurdian: Police AI Chief admits crime fighting tech will have bias...](https://web.archive.org/web/20260224070735/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/24/police-ai-chief-admits-crime-fighting-tech-will-have-bias-but-vows-to-tackle-it) - +- [A third of all Black children were flagged by a child services agency](https://loganstapleton.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Extended_Analysis__How_Child_Welfare_Workers_Reduced_Racial_Disparities_in_Algorithmic_Decisions.pdf) ### Maintainer Fatigue From a7dd9786832e6b5711209c1a888318ea5965f188 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:38:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] adding content warning for war section --- README.md | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b2ed708..b628aa2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -532,12 +532,17 @@ As another example [NPR: OpenAI announced Pentagon deal after Trump banned Anthr Due to the nature of LLMs being only kind of as good as the data they are trained on, this can lead to additional civilian deaths and housing/infrastructure damage either intensionally or not. Examples: -- [Gaza: UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/gaza-un-experts-deplore-use-purported-ai-commit-domicide-gaza-call) -- [Lavender & Where’s Daddy: How Israel Used AI to Form Kill Lists & Bomb Palestinians in Their Homes](https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/israel_ai) -- [Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war](https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-israel-military-gaza-hamas-artificial-intelligence-20b2adb438b39ee9cb6eb2f52c1ae44a) -- [Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons](https://theconversation.com/google-has-dropped-its-promise-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons-its-part-of-a-troubling-trend-249169) +
+ Content Warning: War details, death -All of this to remind you that if you use AI, you're helping to support these companies and the additional activities they participate in, outside of generative code. + - [Gaza: UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/gaza-un-experts-deplore-use-purported-ai-commit-domicide-gaza-call) + - [Lavender & Where’s Daddy: How Israel Used AI to Form Kill Lists & Bomb Palestinians in Their Homes](https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/israel_ai) + - [Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war](https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-israel-military-gaza-hamas-artificial-intelligence-20b2adb438b39ee9cb6eb2f52c1ae44a) + - [Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons](https://theconversation.com/google-has-dropped-its-promise-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons-its-part-of-a-troubling-trend-249169) + +
+ +All of this to remind you that if you use AI, you're helping to support these companies and the additional activities they participate in, outside of generative code or images. ### Effects on Policing