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The mass murder of Palestinians is already partially blamed or credited to an "AI" system that could identify people. Humans spent seconds reviewing the outcome. This is the reality of AI already being used to assist in killing. AI can't take the blame legally speaking, but it makes it easier to make the call and sleep at night. "I didn't order a strike on this person and their family of eight, the AI system marked this subject as a high risk, high value target". Computer-assisted dehumanization. (Not even necessarily AI)


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