Yves here. The rapid expansion of rule by tech, which Lambert early called “Code is law” is reaching an even more Kafkaesque stage with what John Ruehl calls AI government and others label AI governance. The attempt to use it in war has not gone well. AI not reviewed by humans resulted in the death of over 150 children at the Minab school. Scott Ritter, who has extensive experience in target selection and verification, has repeatedly and in detail described why human review is essential. The fact that no-doubt AI assisted selection of other targets in Iran has similarly fared poorly (witness even clumsy decoys like airplanes painted on the ground being struck) says this technology is being deployed despite being very buggy. Ruehl provided examples of the use of AI in combat. He stresses that the scope of government by AI goes beyond military matters, ands focuses on “welfare,” such as law enforcement, bail decisions, divorce settlements, and in the US, by Homeland Security and in Medicaid case reviews.…