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OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security
OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security
Wait, isn't this the plot to the "Terminator" movies?
Jan 31, 2025
10:56 AM EST
by
Victor Tangermann
Remember the plot to the 1984 sci-fi blockbuster "The Terminator"?
"There was a nuclear war," a character explains. "Defense network computers. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination."
It seems like either the execs at OpenAI have never seen it or they're working overtime to make that premise a reality.
Don't believe us? OpenAI has announced that the US National Laboratories will use its deeply flawed AI models to help with a "comprehensive program in nuclear security."
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https://futurism.com/openai-signs-deal-us-government-nuclear-weapon-security
Wait, isn't this the plot to the "Terminator" movies?
Jan 31, 2025
10:56 AM EST
by
Victor Tangermann
Remember the plot to the 1984 sci-fi blockbuster "The Terminator"?
"There was a nuclear war," a character explains. "Defense network computers. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination."
It seems like either the execs at OpenAI have never seen it or they're working overtime to make that premise a reality.
Don't believe us? OpenAI has announced that the US National Laboratories will use its deeply flawed AI models to help with a "comprehensive program in nuclear security."
Snip...more...
https://futurism.com/openai-signs-deal-us-government-nuclear-weapon-security
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OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security (Original Post)
littlemissmartypants
Feb 3
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eppur_se_muova
(38,914 posts)1. What could possibly go wrong ?
For inspiration, I refer you to the films Dr. Stangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, or Fail Safe, both of which were based on the book (ironically) titled Fail Safe.
Ocelot II
(124,312 posts)2. What could possibly go wrong?
Think. Again.
(22,330 posts)3. Oh my fucking god.