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That may be the case, but I think the "bugs" in humanity are biased towards not using nuclear weapons. I think that's a good thing. For example it's very possi
by Rebelgecko 6y ago
That may be the case, but I think the "bugs" in humanity are biased towards not using nuclear weapons. I think that's a good thing.
For example it's very possible that a "Should I launch the nukes?" algorithm would've come up with a different answer than Stanislav Petrov did[1]. There's a similar story about US missileers disregarding a glitch in their own command and control system on Okinawa but the authenticity is suspect.
[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_al...