Let’s hope the Pentagon’s propaganda efforts are as effective as it’s military campaigns the last 80 years. From Jose Niño at zerohedge.com:
The U.S. military wants artificial intelligence to do what human propagandists cannot: create and spread influence campaigns at internet speed while systematically suppressing opposition voices abroad, according to internal Pentagon documents obtained by The Intercept.
The classified wishlist reveals SOCOM’s ambition to deploy “agentic AI or multi-LLM agent systems” that can “influence foreign target audiences” and “suppress dissenting arguments” with minimal human oversight. The military branch seeks contractors who can provide automated systems that operate at unprecedented scale and speed.
“The information environment moves too fast for military remembers [sic] to adequately engage and influence an audience on the internet,” the document said.
“Having a program built to support our objectives can enable us to control narratives and influence audiences in real time.”
As reported by The Intercept, the proposed AI systems would extend far beyond simple content generation. SOCOM envisions technology that can “scrape the information environment, analyze the situation and respond with messages that are in line with MISO objectives.” More controversially, the systems would “suppress dissenting arguments” and “access profiles, networks, and systems of individuals or groups that are attempting to counter or discredit our messages.”
The Pentagon plans to use these capabilities for comprehensive social manipulation, creating “comprehensive models of entire societies to enable MISO planners to use these models to experiment or test various multiple scenarios.”
The systems would generate targeted messaging designed to “influence that specific individual or group” based on gathered intelligence.
SOCOM spokesperson Dan Lessard reportedly defended the initiative, declaring that “all AI-enabled capabilities are developed and employed under the Department of Defense’s Responsible AI framework, which ensures accountability and transparency by requiring human oversight and decision-making.”
Renaming to the department of haven’t won shit in 80 years will cost billions?
I forgot the name but I LOL at Israeli general who said don’t get excited they’re Arabs after a glorious victory.