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The Petrov dilemma: Moral responsibility in the age of ChatGPT
The way a Soviet officer dealt with potential nuclear armageddon holds an important lesson in how we deal with the myriad challenges thrown up by ChatGPT and others of its kind
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ChatGPT appears to put us on the cusp of yet another game changing moment in our relationship with machines.
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Julian Savulescu
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In 1983, Stanislav Petrov “saved the world”.
At the height of the Cold War, Lieutenant-Colonel Petrov was the duty officer at a Russian nuclear missile facility when the early warning system flashed red with a heart-stopping alert: The United States had launched a missile strike and five Minuteman missiles were streaking towards the Soviet Union.
