Throughout history, marking people for death with a number or tattoo has become a trait of oppressive regimes. It is a process of bureaucratic dehumanisation and humiliation, as well as ruthless efficiency.

And now it’s happening to Palestinians.

Palestinians in Gaza are given an AI-generated score of 1-100, based on how likely they are to be linked to a Hamas operative. The closer their score is to 100, the more likely they are to be killed. The key difference is that most Palestinians killed in Israel’s AI-assisted genocide will never know their score.

In Gaza, we are watching the world’s first AI-assisted genocide. Analysis: Israel’s AI-based ‘Lavender’ system can generate thousands of targets in seconds, reducing Palestinian lives to data points by Marc Owen Jones, The New Arab, April 10, 2024