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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on September 21, 2026, 12:11:43 AM

Title: AI Hallucination Nearly Triggered a US-China Military Confrontation
Post by: rcjordan on September 21, 2026, 12:11:43 AM
Bad, if true.

https://securityaffairs.com/199415/ai/ai-hallucination-nearly-triggered-a-us-china-military-confrontation.html
Title: Re: AI Hallucination Nearly Triggered a US-China Military Confrontation
Post by: ergophobe on September 21, 2026, 07:06:58 PM
I saw that elsewhere. Seems to be true. And the latest in a long line of near misses. Not counting "intentional" near misses like where the Soviet officer refused a direct order during the Cuban Missile Crisis and did not launch the nukes despite being ordered to do so.

1960: NORAD interprets moonrise over Norway as a massive Soviet attack

1962: soldiers on Okinawa receive the order to launch and choose to ignore it

et cetera

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_close_calls#Unintentional_close_calls

We are all still here because we have had really good luck and some smart and heroic people with their fingers on the buttons... so far.