Artificial Intelligence for Counterterrorism?

The recent debate between the Associated Press and Facebook about the success of removing content posted by terrorist organizations should be a wake-up call concerning content moderation capabilities on these kinds of platforms. Facebook data indicates the removal of 99% of terrorism content, while AP contends that Facebook's success is only 38%. The point here is that machine learning adds a limited capability to human content mediation. The current state of the art in machine learning in this area is far from meeting expectation and is a fantasy, created around the magical tool of artificial intelligence (AI). Terrorist networks will continue to exploit advanced technology in the areas of social network mapping and terrorist recruitment to benefit from the AI arms race.