Near Miss: Averted Global Nuclear Disaster by AI-like Decision Making - Stanislav Petrov in 1983
In 1983, Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov made a life-saving decision that prevented global nuclear war. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Awareness for trustworthy AI is crucial to prevent such mishaps and ensure safe and secure AI governance. 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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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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