Stanislav Petrov: The Unsung Hero of AI Incident Prevention

Discover the story of Stanislav Petrov, a Russian military officer who prevented nuclear disaster in 1983. His actions highlight the importance of responsible AI and safe, secure 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.