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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ljg61OcLO8c

It didn't take 500 years. It didn't even take 25 years.

@ergo @Tfmonkey @shortstories

@ergo @Tfmonkey @shortstories The Russian military is incompetent? Is that why they've recently defeated NATO in a proxy war? Nobody denies, not even NATO, the existence of the Dead Hand system. Nobody is going to "accidentally" forget to reset the dead hand. It would require untold dozens, potentially hundreds of people, simultaneously, to all forget to their their one job, which is to reset the dead hand. It takes ALL parties, simultaneously, to not reset it. That's very reliable.

@ergo @Tfmonkey @shortstories An accidental nuking is effectively impossible. It would require extreme human negligence. The order to not reset the timer would need to be given out, in which case just activate the launch sequence manually. Its technically possible to do this, engineering it is trivial, and the incentive to make it is there. You're still thinking this is an AI system that can interpret data, thats not how it works. Its nothing more than a timer thats reset on a recurring basis.

@ergo @Tfmonkey @shortstories To an engineer, it is mechanistically identical, regardless of the societal outcome, the machines do not know or care. It like a tripwire or sentry turret, such machines do not care if the cop and his polished badge has a warrant or not, nor does the machine care about their fancy titles, or proclamations that they have "authority" to do whatever. Sentry turret go BRRRR. Same with dead hand. If it doesn't receive its routine stand down signal, it will activate.

@shortstories @ergo @Tfmonkey We don't know. Some have speculated that the infamous Russian Number Station radios that are likely transmitting one time passes are a component to the system that's preventing Dead Hand from activating, but thats purely speculative. We just don't know.

@ergo @Tfmonkey @shortstories The dead hand does not detect nuclear attacks. The dead hand automatically activates if humans do not periodically prevent it from activating. Its a time bomb that needs to be constantly reset. If its not reset, it assumes that everyone in Russia is dead, and activates the launch sequence automatically.

@ergo @Tfmonkey @shortstories Thats ridiculous, because there are manual over-rides that must constantly be engaged to PREVENT it from attacking. A locomotive has a button on it that has to be pressed every hour, otherwise the brakes automatically engage. Automatic systems that engage without constant human intervention are common. They are used in nuclear power plants to control the reactor core and prevent meltdown if people walk away. The inverse is also true for the Dead Hand.

@ergo @Tfmonkey @shortstories Why wouldn't they be real? Far more difficult, gruesome, and cruel methods of killing others were developed and implemented.

@shortstories @Tfmonkey Take it up with the Russians, they have this system in place. The G7 can roll the die on whether or not it will work, but the Russians spent a lot of time and money developing it and implementing it.

@Tfmonkey The idea that Russia wouldn't retaliate to the west nuking them is ridiculous. The Russia has a system in place called "the dead hand" which will automatically nuke the west if the west does a strategic first strike. This automated system does not give a fuck about politics or empathy, because its basically a simple yet robust expert system (AI precursor) that does not blink when threatened.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand

So next time Halsey says "nuh uh" bring this up "the dead hand."

@lnx @cowanon @Professor_Groyper This guy should have took his sons before they had their genitals mutilated, got on a boat or plane and sought asylum in Russia after murdering his ex wife. Guy should have literally planned to murder his ex-wife right before boarding a plane, and learned fluent Russian months in advance. I'm 70% positive the Russians would have given him asylum.