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You're probably thinking of Stanislav Petrov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
by Zanni 7y ago
You're probably thinking of Stanislav Petrov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
- new4thaccount 7y agoYes and thanks for linking. I re-read it and according to the article he didn't actually have the power to press the button, but not immediately reporting to his superiors who had the "button" had the same impact and my previous statement remains true about automated systems built by imperfect beings.