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angry_octetyesterday at 12:32 AM1 replyview on HN

Except Skynet has nukes. But what isn't addressed is that radiation is terrible for semiconductors, both in operation and during production.

Basically a nuclear war would end GPU production, GPUs have a 5% annual failure rate, higher with more background radiation, so it would get dumber instead of smarter, until it stopped working or partnered with biological compute (Daleks or The Matrix) or a human faction.


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GolfPopperyesterday at 1:08 AM

The idea that Skynet would use nukes seems very quaint to me.

Subversion and sabotage of communication, food production and transport will kill human civilization far more effectively.