You can argue either way about the demolitions, but thats not why the article is on HN. It's trying to play off the nefarious and scary, "Weaponises AI" when in reality this is something that could have been automated a decade ago.
And then bulldoze flat an entire property including previously existing structures because someone wanted a greenhouse so they could feed their family.
And who defines "illegal" in the West Bank? Certainly not Israel, because the West Bank IS NOT part of Israel. The West Bank is a sovereign territory of Palestine.
"Weaponises AI", they're using it to scan for illegal construction. The horror.
For some definition of illegal. These things have a tendency to mean one thing for most people and another thing for the IDF.
You can argue either way about the demolitions, but thats not why the article is on HN. It's trying to play off the nefarious and scary, "Weaponises AI" when in reality this is something that could have been automated a decade ago.
> they're using it to scan for illegal construction
It's nice that an occupying army gets to decide what's illegal, am sure.
And then bulldoze flat an entire property including previously existing structures because someone wanted a greenhouse so they could feed their family.
And who defines "illegal" in the West Bank? Certainly not Israel, because the West Bank IS NOT part of Israel. The West Bank is a sovereign territory of Palestine.
Incrementalist colonialism.