Can tech reduce civilian deaths in conflict? Mark Milley isn’t so sure.

Published on May 8, 2024

The Ash Carter Exchange On Innovation And National Security

"How are we going to reduce civilian deaths to the smallest amount humanly possible?" asked Palantir's Alex Karp this week. "That is a tech problem.”

WASHINGTON — With Hamas’s health ministry claiming almost 35,000 dead in Gaza and a potential ceasefire much in doubt, what’s euphemistically called “collateral damage” was much in mind Tuesday morning on the main stage of the second annual Ash Carter Exchange, a conference in memoriam of one of the Pentagon’s leading technophiles.

Two speakers — the fiery founder-CEO of Palantir, Alex Karp, and the blunt former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, retired Gen. Mark Milley —  were outspoken in their support for the Israeli campaign. But the two men diverged over whether more discriminating tech might make future wars less brutal.

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