Near Miss: Averting Global Disaster - The Role of Stanislav Petrov in AI Governance
In 1983, a close call for humanity occurred when Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear disaster. This incident highlights the importance of AI governance and the role it plays in preventing harm. Learn more about responsible AI and join us in shaping its future. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). 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).
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
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