Soviet Union had software that helped decide when to launch a nuclear war

by SQL2219 • 4 years ago

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arthurcolle• 4 years ago

"Would you like to:

1. First strike

2. test Dead Hand (BETA, please talk to Vladimir in opulent cubicle #Stalin-ФЮ

3. redirect power from closest nuclear silo to potato farm?"

clicks 3.

"Error: power redirected to Dead Hand. Power levels too high. System unstable. Task failed successfully."

asdfqwertzxcv• 4 years ago

"Had"? Or "Allocated money for it, but all the bureaucratic grifters stepped in and now all we have is this janky egg timer to flip the switch?"

hindsightbias• 4 years ago

I’ll wager that today’s premiere AI engines would tell Vlad to go for it. Any way to test?

So maybe the doomsayers are right.

assttoasstmgr• 4 years ago

WOPR-ski?

datashaman• 4 years ago

Shall we play a game?

ohiovr• 4 years ago

Its called the dead mans hand and it is still used today. If Moscow goes blank, then so does all of the last precomputed targets.

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