The AI Doomsday Machine Is Closer to Reality Than You Think
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The article discusses a Pentagon program exploring AI's potential role in nuclear war decision-making, with commenters expressing skepticism about AI's reliability and usefulness in such scenarios.
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Just asking Reddit would be a fairer comparison for what to expect from AI.
A shame they didn't do a control: asking a random selection of people their suggestions how to react to "a fictional crisis situations that resembled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or China’s threat to Taiwan.".
New acronym: RI for Reddit Intelligence.
I can save you $25M. The answer is “nope”