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Re:AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game s... by tantalor on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @09:21AM (#47151850)
AI models have zero real world experience!

They are actors, playing a role of a person making decisions about nuclear escalation.

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Re:AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game s... by Lionga on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @09:23AM (#47151873)
They are simple next word predictors. Wether they recommend a nuclear strike solely depends if that was present in the training texts.
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Re:AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game s... by mcv on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @10:10AM (#47152574)
I would have hoped that Wargames was in their training set.
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