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Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot

pivot-to-ai.com Department of Defense goes to war by AI chatbot

I got a tip yesterday from an anonymous US army officer that the US government was about to break new ground in authoritarian dumbassery. The officer had logged into his work computer in the mornin…

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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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".
- 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.