Why doesn’t AI lead to fewer civilian deaths in war? – ABC, listen

Is the escalating conflict in the Middle East the first AI war?

From intelligence gathering to missile targeting to combat damage assessment, artificial intelligence has improved frontline operations at an unprecedented rate.

But as new details emerge about suspected U.S. involvement in a missile attack on an elementary school in southern Iran, questions have been raised as to why these advances in battlefield technology have not resulted in fewer civilian deaths.

• Guest: Sarah Kreps, director of the Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University and former US Air Force officer
• Producers: Eddy Diamond, Grace Stranger