India, March 17 -- The rapid advancement of AI is exacerbating global water crises with massive water consumption for its operation.

This strain is further intensified by its use in military conflicts.

In these settings, AI-driven attacks on water infrastructure can lead to severe shortages, public health emergencies and forced displacement.

In his foreword to Paul Farmer's classic Pathologies of Power, Amartya Sen writes, "The asymmetry of power can indeed generate a kind of quiet brutality." However, in the case of the recent war between the United States, Israel and Iran, the skewed power imbalance has been exploited with deafening impunity. And technological advancements in artitificial intelligence (AI) is turbocharging the milita...