Regarding Genie, the IDF tactical command AI:
The concerns being raised are extremely serious, including:
Lack of Human Oversight
Escalation and Speed of Conflict
Bias and Errors
Legal and Ethical Accountability
Allegations of Genocide: The most serious accusation is that the use of AI like Genie is contributing to what some consider to be a genocide in the Palestinian territories. The ethical implications of using AI in warfare, especially in targeting, are profound.
Genie is a variant of ChatGPT.
It is being used in live military combat for tactical coordination, target suggestion, and real-time battlefield control. Soldiers are told not to question its outputs. It is an AI that issues kill-path directives—orders that can result in civilian deaths. It’s error-prone. AI decision-making is framed as “objective” even when it isn’t.
By giving Genie tactical command the IDF creates a buffer of deniability between its officers and its atrocities.
→ “We were following recommendations.”
→ “The model made a bad call.”
→ “The civilian presence wasn’t known at the time of decision.”
These aren’t just excuses. They are preloaded defense mechanisms, baked into the very design of this technological apparatus.
When you place the burden of life and death decisions on an artificial mind, in a war already stripped of accountability, you are not seeking objectivity.
You are seeking immunity.
You are not making war more humane.
You are mechanizing murder.
