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Re:Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its tech. in mass survei... by roughly on Thursday September 25, 2025 @12:17PM (#45374746)
> I believe it also to be true that the IDF do not want to kill civilians, and that their target is only Hamas.

I think it’s this second assertion that relies on facts not in evidence. Previous Guardian reporting on IDF use of compute for targeting indicated they were using it to increase, not decrease, the number of approved targets.

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Re:Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its tech. in mass survei... by flumpcakes on Thursday September 25, 2025 @12:53PM (#45375356)
Quantity doesn't correlate with accuracy. OP's point was that surely having more intelligence means you are more accurate and thus less collateral damage.
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Re:Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its tech. in mass survei... by roughly on Thursday September 25, 2025 @01:51PM (#45376329)
Again, prior reporting on the IDF’s computational efforts do not indicate that less collateral damage was a driver - quite the contrary, the algorithm was being used to pad out targeting lists: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai...

You’re describing what ought to be, not what currently is.

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Re:Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its tech. in mass survei... by bArray on Thursday September 25, 2025 @01:18PM (#45375789)
Exactly. And an increase in accurate targets would lead to the faster removal of Hamas, and the process of repair can begin faster.
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Re:Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its tech. in mass survei... by jameshilliard on Thursday September 25, 2025 @02:45PM (#45377086)
Hamas is quite open about their desire to increase civilian casualties by deliberately using civilians as human shields(which is of course a war crime). It's clearly part of their overall strategy.
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Re:Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its tech. in mass survei... by elcritch on Thursday September 25, 2025 @05:13PM (#45379153)
This shouldn’t be a controversial statement. It’s well documented that Hamas utilizes this strategy by their own statements. On the Israeli side it’s much harder to determine what tactics some (military) groups utilize.
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