3w ago

Skynet, but it’s Wheatley: OpenAI sells ‘reasoning’ AI to US government for nuclear weapon security

pivot-to-ai.com Skynet, but it’s Wheatley: OpenAI sells ‘reasoning’ AI to US government for nuclear weapon security

In hot pursuit of those juicy defense dollars, OpenAI has signed a new contract with the U.S. National Laboratories to “supercharge their scientific research” with OpenAI’s latest o1-series confabu…

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3w ago

Skynet, but it’s Wheatley: OpenAI sells ‘reasoning’ AI to US government for nuclear weapon security

pivot-to-ai.com /2025/02/02/skynet-but-its-wheatley-openai-sells-reasoning-ai-to-us-government-for-nuclear-weapon-security/

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So stupid.
There is no complex reasoning needed for nukes. You just need a simple conditional. Were nukes launched? Then you have to launch -- mutually assured destruction. If nukes weren't launched, then don't launch.
The most efficient solution is simply leaving humans with the key. Surely DOGE will save us here, right? Right?

Oh fuck god

And here I thought AI was gonna promote nuclear power..........
- oh they are promoting it alright
  
  Can't wait for a logic routine to come to the conclusion that all nukes need to be fired right fucking now because of some poorly typed out Reddit comment on basic game theory.
- It is. But for one-time use applications.

Complete fucking boondoggle. Yecchbros robbing the treasury cause they run it now.

Stupidest shit I've ever heard

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