Computer Says Kill: How To Say No w/ Matt Mahmoudi and Marwa Fatafta

How do we stand up against the human rights violations that exist in the gruesome relationship between the business of AI and war?

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In our final installment of Computer Says Kill, Matt Mahmoudi returns, this time with Marwa Fatafta, to share the why and how of their recent joint statement on AI in warfare. The calls on AI companies to stop selling their products for use in military contexts, and for governments to cease buying them. The asks are simple while the execution is complex: what is the historical context of this fight and how long will it take to achieve some level of justice?

Further reading & resources:

• Read the joint statement on Access Now and share across your networks
• Microsoft: it’s time to come clean about your ties to the Israeli military — Access Now
• A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians — The Guardian, 2025
• AI for War: Big Tech Empowering Israel’s Crimes and Occupation — Al Shabaka, 2025
• On Violence by Hanna Arendt
• Anthropic announces 'Claude Corps' to teach nonprofits to use AI more effectively — The Independent, June 2026
• Artificial Genocidal Intelligence: how Israel is automating human rights abuses and war crimes — Access Now, 2024
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