Experts Want to Give Control of America's Nuclear Missiles to AI (opens in new tab)

(vice.com)

3 pointsForFreedom6y ago6 comments

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"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."

Instead of delegating launch authority to more people in the case of decapitation attack, let's just automate it. Seems like a big conceptual jump without a good reason.

Gibbon16y ago

I'll give you a reason. In my fifty years I've noticed that in the US at least leaders are becoming increasing responsibility adverse. Fearful even.

one2zero6y ago

I'm guessing they've never seen some of James Cameron's early works.

justlaughingatt6y ago

literally what i was thinking as i read the title

rolph6y ago

when asked "lets play global thermonuclear war"

even alexa suggests a nice game of chess

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