AI and Noise: Israel’s Modern Warfare Methods.

Since October of last year, Israel has been using noise as a weapon in Lebanon, triggering memories of the 2020 Beirut port explosion and instilling fear in the population. Lebanese citizens have been terrorized by the noise of low-flying planes exceeding the speed of sound. These attacks have become more frequent over time, and the noise over Beirut on August 6th was the loudest heard in the city since the current Middle East crisis began. According to Abu Hamdan, a sound expert and founder of the organization Earshot, the use of sonic booms is part of a broader trend of psychological warfare being conducted by Israel against the Lebanese population. The repeated sounds of jets and explosions can increase the risk of stroke and deplete calcium deposits in the heart in the long run.

Political commentator Khalid Albaih wrote for Al Jazeera that “AI-assisted killing of people is no longer science fiction. It is reality.” He added that “the Gaza genocide is probably the most technologically assisted genocide in human history” and that every aspect of the extermination is supported by modern technology. The decision about who lives and who dies is made by a person sitting far away behind a monitor screen. AI programs Lavender, Gospel, and “Where’s Daddy?” select human and military targets for attack, while drones, quadrocopters, and tunnel-based dog-like robots attack people on the ground.