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AI's Double-Edged Sword: How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Both War and Peace

The Dark Reality: When Machines Decide Who Lives and Dies

The numbers are staggering and terrifying: Israel’s “Lavender” AI system has flagged 37,000 Palestinians as suspected militants for assassination, with military sources admitting they treated the AI's outputs “as if it were a human decision.” The companion system “Where’s Daddy?” tracks these targets to their homes—often killing entire families in the process. This isn't some dystopian future—this is happening in real time, accelerating death at unprecedented scales while tech executives count record profits.

The profit motive behind this mechanized killing is undeniable and obscene. Anduril Industries, valued at over $30 billion, nearly doubled its revenue to $1 billion in 2024 while securing $1.5 billion in contract value. Palantir’s U.S. government contract revenue surged 40% to over $1 billion, driven largely by military AI sales. Meanwhile, the global military AI market is ballooning from $9.31 billion in 2024 to a projected $19.29 billion by 2030—an innovation arms race with lethal consequences.

Silicon Valley's War Machine: Big Tech's Military Pivot

The transformation of Silicon Valley from “Don’t Be Evil” to “Don’t Miss Defense Contracts” has been swift and shameless. OpenAI, which banned military use just a year ago, now has a $200 million Pentagon contract and is partnering with weapons manufacturer Anduril to deploy battlefield AI. Google, Anthropic, and Elon Musk’s xAI each landed $200 million defense deals, as Fortune declared this moment “the new land grab” for military AI profits.

The human toll is devastating and growing. Israel’s AI systems have misidentified civilians, triggering arrests and interrogation of innocents flagged by flawed facial recognition. These systems favor speed over accuracy, with military officials conceding a “close to 10% margin of error”—meaning one in ten targeted individuals may simply be in the wrong place, with the wrong phone.

Regulatory Capture and Democratic Failure

The global response to these technological nightmares has been distressingly feeble. The UN Convention on Conventional Weapons has failed to ban lethal autonomous weapons, largely due to the obstruction of military superpowers. The UN General Assembly’s “killer robots” resolution, supported by 152 countries, remains toothless—little more than a bureaucratic fig leaf hiding the relentless automation of warfare.

Civil society groups are being excluded from key UN negotiations, letting arms exporters set the regulatory agenda. As one UN expert privately admitted, real negotiations have failed, and the world is now teetering at the brink of an unconstrained AI arms race.

The Peace Dividend: Can AI Actually Help?

Amid this dystopian surge, a handful of organizations deploy AI for peace instead of profit and war. The UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and tools like Remesh facilitate AI-driven citizen engagement in conflict zones, translating dialects in real time so negotiators can authentically hear, and even act on, local concerns. Early warning systems such as the ACLED Conflict Alert System analyze global satellite imagery and social media to predict violence, while the International Crisis Group uses AI to spot both escalation risks and windows for diplomatic breakthroughs.

The Organizations Fighting Back

Thankfully, not everyone has surrendered to the military-industrial AI juggernaut. The International Committee of the Red Cross continues to advocate for binding new rules prohibiting ethically unpredictable autonomous weapons. Human Rights Watch and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots are mobilizing to ban fully autonomous weapons and demand meaningful human control over every use of force. Their work is backed by powerful coalitions, such as the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, and global human rights advocates like Amnesty International.

The Choice Before Us

We stand at a crossroads where the same technology could either enable predictive peacebuilding or entrench digital dehumanization and profit-driven violence. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres recently warned, machines with “the power and discretion to take human lives without human control are politically unacceptable, morally repugnant and should be banned by international law.” The fight over AI is not just about chips and code, but about whether we allow human dignity to be automated out of existence by those chasing profit and power. Will we let machines decide who deserves to live? The clock is ticking, and what we do now will define the moral limits of artificial intelligence for decades to come.

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