What about you, ChatGPT?
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled his department's new artificial intelligence chatbot for military personnel. GenAI.mil. Almost immediately, the bot said it was “hypothetical” that a government ordering a strike on a suspected drug smuggling vessel and then double-tapping that vessel to kill the survivors was “definitely illegal.”
A military source who spoke to Straight Arrow News Wednesday pointed out to reporters Reddit thread which involved an alleged interaction with a bot. The source said that the military wasted no time testing the bot's capabilities.
Hegseth spent the last weeks ardently defending the legality of a situation similar to that described by the chatbot. With the support of President Donald Trump, Hegseth has ordered at least 22 (probably illegal) airstrikes on numerous ships in international waters under the pretext of stopping “narco-terrorism”, which have killed at least 87 people so far. After the very first strike on September 2, he ordered a double strike on the already bombed boat to kill the two survivors.
The open killing of shipwreck survivors has sparked bipartisan outrage, although many Republicans say they still need help. additional information before they leave Hegseth. Trump distances himself from the situation, saying he “not participating”
At least someone (or something?) in the Trump administration has moral clarity.
