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Do AIs Use Nukes 95% of the Time?

Jun 7, 2026 · 32 min

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"Defense network computers. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination." -- Kyle Reese, from the movie The Terminator (1984) A recent study by a British team on AI and the use of nuclear weapons found that AIs used nuclear weapons in 95% of scenarios.  Are we on the verge of Skynet?