AI Lesson from the 1983 Nuclear Incident: The Vital Role of Human Judgement in AI Governance
In 1983, Stanislav Petrov's human judgement averted a global nuclear disaster. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Today, we emphasize the importance of responsible AI, safe and secure AI, and trustworthy AI. As we strive for harm prevention and implement guardrails for AI, your involvement can make a difference. JOIN US to learn more about Project Cerebellum's AI incident database and our work in shaping the future of AI governance.
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/27
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
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.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.