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But really, as long as everyone believes in MAD, there is really no reason to carry it out. Engineers working on these systems could quite reasonably, and in go

by cam_l 7y ago

But really, as long as everyone believes in MAD, there is really no reason to carry it out. Engineers working on these systems could quite reasonably, and in good faith, install break points and avoid meaningless loss of life. Then the only MAD system which actually needs implementation is if one of those engineers talks..

musingsole 7y ago
But for everyone to believe it, it has to be an at least reasonable belief. Luckily, that's a low-ish bar with fairies being a somewhat common belief too (I have no numbers but want them...). So those engineers for those same good faith reasons install redundancies. Heh, it's a balance that may or may not tip positive (everything working) or neutral (nothing happens) or negative (everything sabotaged by an enemy actor) and we'll only know after the trigger has been pulled.