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With 60 minutes of coding, we can prevent rogue artificial intelligences from initiating nuclear war! Don’t let the LLMs win—apply this amazing programming technique before it’s too late!

Dec 30, 2024

Public Safety & OSHA, UI / UX

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Background: One classic cause of civilization-ending apocalypse in science fiction is AI-initiated nuclear war, as variously depicted in Wargames (1983), Terminator (1984), Battlestar Galactica (2003), and other media. The Issue: Generally, humans don’t fare well in a post-nuclear-apocalypse setting, and would like to avoid it when possible. Unfortunately, security around nuclear launches may be inadequate (Figure 1): it…