1983 Nuclear Disaster Averted: The Heroic Role of Responsible AI - Stanislav Petrov
In 1983, a potential global nuclear disaster was narrowly averted by the actions of Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet military officer. His decision to disregard a false alarm in the AI system he was monitoring demonstrated the critical role of trustworthy AI and human oversight in AI governance. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/27
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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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