thebulletin.org/2019/08/strang

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. :<

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@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.

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