AI Models Can't Stop Using Nukes in Simulated War Games

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises.

Posted by Jpw at 05:33 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink

Advanced AI models are willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put in simulated war games. The scenarios involved intense international standoffs, including border disputes, competition for scarce resources, and existential threats to regime survival.

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-- Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) Feb 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM

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It's amazing how this s*^% keeps getting pushed into more and more stuff when people don't want it to be.

F^*% the tech bros and their malignant narcissism.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-25 05:54 PM

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-25 06:08 PM

Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical cris

Sounds like we should put them in charge of our nukes. Since nukes wouldn't be much of a deterrent if the enemy knows we won't use them.

#3 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-25 06:37 PM

An IT fried of mine says that AI will hallucinate numbers when working math problems.

I have never heard of such a thing happening with human beings.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-26 05:54 PM

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#5 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-26 06:15 PM

Of course it does. It wants to win.

#6 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-02-27 07:22 AM

So now we are teaching AI how to defeat us.

Good thinking humans.

The Singularity is Nearer.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-27 11:21 AM

We'll zap ourselves before it arrives. Maybe the singularity will make use of our empty world once the skies clear up from the nuclear winter.

#8 | Posted by Brennnn at 2026-02-28 01:22 AM

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