From 5ebf1c6ce8ccaf4cfb9730f7e41df7fa4b304b73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:35:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 db9acca8..8a0fd0db 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