Shajarah Tayyebeh

AI warfare demands a new era of humanitarian law

Warfare now increasingly relies on artificial intelligence (AI) for targeting, using algorithms to process geolocated cell phone data and generate probability scores for targeting potential adversaries.12 When these predictive methods are integrated into aggressive military tactics such as the Dahiya doctrine,3 which justifies demolishing civilian infrastructure to eliminate a single target, this shows that AI enabled “precision strikes” are not meant to safeguard innocent lives. Equally,...