Can AI Help Targeteers Curb Civilian Casualties?

Can AI Help Targeteers Curb Civilian Casualties?

Following the carnage of trench warfare in World War I, airpower enthusiasts imagined a new kind of combat that would reduce the human toll of war. That goal still remains, but even with today’s precision weapons, civilian casualties are a constant risk. Now some see artificial intelligence as a means for minimizing civilian casualties, even as others argue technology is no substitute for warfighters’ professional judgment.   The laws of war re…