• Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    I repeat, radiation absolutely fucks electronic components. I am not talking about an emp, I am talking about radiation.

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      4 hours ago

      Oh, how far from the blast and how does it mess them up do you know? I should know that I guess I just heard about the emp, and not sure how a neutron bomb would affect electronics either.

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        2 hours ago

        No, that I can’t answer — it would depend entirely on the level of fallout and where it happens to land.

        You would need to be able to perfectly, and I mean perfectly, predict weather months in advance in order to prepare accordingly.

        The reaility is that for an AI, or rather an AGI, to make the choice to launch nukes would require them to reach a point where they accept the potential loss of their own ‘life’ in exchange for whatever value a nuclear war might hold. I struggle to believe that a ‘true’ AGI would make that choice. There are far too many variables to control in comparison to a biological agent, one that likely would not affect a machine.

        Now, a modern AI making that choice? Absolutely possible, the things are fucking crazy with literally no concept of what life is.