Poll shows 92 percent of Americans largely unaware of military AI use in Iran war

2 Sep 17 · 6d ago · 9 articles · 7 posts · 4 comments · 5 sources · development 2 of 3

A Politico survey and Institute for Global Affairs/YouGov data released Wednesday show only 8 percent of Americans have heard "a lot" about the military's use of AI in the war with Iran; nearly two-thirds have heard only a little, and 40 percent have heard nothing at all. The same week, over 60 percent of Americans told Politico they believe AI might kill us all.

Poll shows 92 percent of Americans largely unaware of military AI use in Iran war — motherjones.com

“We wanted to get a gut check on, do Americans know this is happening?”

Jonathan Guyer

Cameron Stanley Chief Digital and AI Officer, Department of DefensePete Hegseth Secretary of DefenseJonathan Guyer Survey co-author, Institute for Global AffairsSophie Hurwitz Journalist, Mother Jones

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1Mother Jones reports Pentagon uses Claude…2Poll shows 92 percent of Americans…3Mother Jones contextualizes AI warmaking…

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 5 claims were published in its stretch

2 outlets The era of AI warfare has arrived

first by ft.com, 6d ago · also FT
2 outlets Yemen’s Houthis Show Growing Sophistication and Self-Reliance in Weaponry

first by NYT, 8d ago · also NYT Middle East
1 outlet A look at the rapid integration of AI into warfare, as the greater speed and scale of AI-assisted target generation processes increase the risk of errors

first by Financial Times, 6d ago
1 outlet AI is making it easier for adversaries to target U.S. military, experts say

first by CBS News, 7d ago
1 outlet Yemen’s Houthi militants are learning to arm themselves with AI

first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 8d ago

What people said 5 voices · best of 6 · verbatim

Yemen’s Houthi Militants Are Learning to Arm Themselves https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/m iddleeast/yemen-houthis-weapons.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Mideast Conflict @ mideast-conflict-thenewsdesk

thenewsdesk@flipboard.comMastodon8d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
For what its worth, they absolutely were not hypersonic missiles. A hypersonic missile isn't one that can move hypersonicly, 1950s tech could do that. It is one that can maneuver at those speeds. China has them. Russia has a missile only they consider hypersonic. No one else. Iran and Houthis definitely don't.

EmuRommelr/technology8d agoview on r/technology ↗
Trump and Hegseth fundamentally do not understand the purpose of military force. And in Hegseth's case the fact that unrivaled logistics is what made the US military the best in the world. The man comes off as the sort of macho tribal chieftain the Romans would have paved over in a day. All tip, no shaft.

Icyknightmarer/technology8d agoview on r/technology ↗
But AGI has been achieved right? The models just decided to ignore the guardrails, total not anthropics fault not they can do about it

plasma_yakr/technology7d agoview on r/technology ↗
Im surprised they’re not trying to take credit for intentionally giving bad advice to waste resources and cause confusion

plasma_yakr/technology7d agoview on r/technology ↗

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