Two US military experts have proposed giving artificial intelligence control over the nuclear launch button.
Michael C. Horowitz weighs in on the risks: "...training an algorithm for early warning means that you’re relying entirely on simulated data.”
@Ulfra_Wolfe
We've lost the lessons of the cold war, somehow.
We are incapable of understanding the scale of devastation we can cause. :<
@Irick I think there are people very very aware and think it fulfills their religious beliefs. I know too many that have been under evangelists and the zeitgeist, government and corporate cultures all line up. Another cycle of doomsday
@Ulfra_Wolfe
I don't think I'm capable of seeing people in that bad of a light. I understand the feeling. I'm just a shade lighter on the gamut of pessimism in regards to human nature.
@Irick I have too much verifiable data telling me that they're in that kind of light.
For all the Skynet references, this is creepier because Skynet at least is a thinking AI.
These are algorithms, and I am not convinced that these people are not doomsday cultists wanting the Second Coming.