An AI can easily start nuclear war, as can a human.
The only thing preventing a nuclear disaster are all the institutional measures limiting its accessiblity.
If you gave a single human (or a single AI) access to a magic no-strings-attached ‘Send a Nuke’ button, either the human/AI is the second coming of Jesus Christ, or a nuke will befall some unlucky portion of the population sooner or later. Bonus points if people can talk to the AI or if access to the button is hereditary.
An AI can easily start nuclear war, as can a human.
The only thing preventing a nuclear disaster are all the institutional measures limiting its accessiblity.
If you gave a single human (or a single AI) access to a magic no-strings-attached ‘Send a Nuke’ button, either the human/AI is the second coming of Jesus Christ, or a nuke will befall some unlucky portion of the population sooner or later. Bonus points if people can talk to the AI or if access to the button is hereditary.