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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
(www.newscientist.com)
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Don't want a nuclear war and it's just seeming more likely
Yeah, I joked about the chatbots doing this because this is just what "AI" does in the movies, but it's more likely being prompted to say that nuclear war is good by people who want to normalise the idea of letting the nukes fly.