Military AI: The Hype and the Horror

Journalist Peter Byrne discusses his shocking new exposé.

Our good friends at Project Censored are hosting a ten-part exposé by award-winning journalist Peter Byrne on the militarization of AI. Peter discusses his findings in the video above.

Our conversation touches on the mainstream media’s failure to adequately explain military AI, the use of Gaza and Ukraine as testing grounds for AI-enabled weapons, and the dystopian vision of a “joint all-awareness command and control system.”

Peter also discusses the real-world harm caused by AI—including the use of fossil fuels, an expanded assault on privacy, and the metastasization of invasive and unpredictable technology.

I guarantee you'll be astonished by the absurdity, greed, mendacity, and planetary risk reflected in this story.

Peter even answered a question I've had for a long time: why are these techbros so obsessed with Tolkien?

If Dr. Strangelove and one of the sheep from Farmville went to hell and had a baby, it would look a lot like military AI.

Read Peter’s series here—and please do watch the video.