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The article examines the feasibility of AI compromising air-gapped nuclear infrastructure by contrasting theoretical risks with established engineering standards and historical precedents like Stuxnet. It emphasizes that current safety protocols and physical hardening measures significantly limit the likelihood of an autonomous system triggering a global catastrophe, framing the debate within scientific falsifiability rather than fear-mongering.

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Will AI really kill everyone? How, exactly?

AI Now InstituteSeptember 17, 20261 min read

“Scientific claims require falsifiability precisely to avoid the nature of religious arguments,” said Heidy Khlaaf, chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute and a former OpenAI safety engineer. “You need to be able to prove or disprove them.” The post Will AI really kill everyone? How, exactly? appeared first on AI Now Institute.

Then there are nuclear weapons, which have existed for more than 80 years and are generally understood to be capable of killing off all human life. Could AI commandeer them?

Khlaaf points out that nuclear facilities are “air-gapped” from the publicly accessible internet, which limits the ways AI agents could get at the controls. “These systems are built to a completely different, rigorous and regulated engineering standard that often requires physical hardening,” she said. Stuxnet, the computer worm that damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities, had to be introduced to the system through a physical USB drive, she noted.

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