Avoiding Nuclear Catastrophe: The Role of Responsible AI in Preventing False Alarms
September 26, 1983
The harrowing incident of the Soviet Union operator Stanislov Petrov preventing a potential nuclear catastrophe by correctly identifying a false-positive missile alert highlights the importance of trustworthy AI. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI and safeguard our future? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- soviet-union
- Alleged developer
- soviet-union
- Alleged harmed parties
- all-life-on-earth
Source
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
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