The false alarm that hinged on one decision #Shorts
Watch on YouTube Can a human decision prevent a catastrophe? In 1983, a false missile alert placed that question in the hands of Stanislav Petrov, the officer on duty. The system indicated an attack, but Petrov decided not to escalate the alarm. It later turned out to be false. The episode does not prove what would happen with a future artificial intelligence
Can a human decision prevent a catastrophe? In 1983, a false missile alert placed that question in the hands of Stanislav Petrov, the officer on duty. The system indicated an attack, but Petrov decided not to escalate the alarm. It later turned out to be false. The episode does not prove what would happen with a future artificial intelligence; it does remind us of something unsettling: sometimes we build dangerous technologies and only then work out what could go wrong.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/OMRH54RU8cA
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