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

• arthurcolle 4y 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 4y 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 4y 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 4y ago
  WOPR-ski?
• datashaman 4y ago
  Shall we play a game? $>
• ohiovr 4y 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.