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|description=A system designed to operate if a human is incapacitated. | |description=A system designed to operate if a human is incapacitated. | ||
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| + | |text=I've collected files on corruption in governments. For the first time, I'm naming names and specifics. I'll begin with a corrupt CIA agent and two Bahamian officials. Coming today. If I'm arrested or disappear, 31+ terrabytes [sic.] of incriminating data will be released to the press. | ||
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| + | |date=9 June 2019 | ||
| + | |constitutes=Dead man's switch | ||
| + | |authors=John McAfee | ||
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The standard usage example is to prevent a machine from causing (further) harm.<ref>https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-dead-mans-switch.htm</ref> | The standard usage example is to prevent a machine from causing (further) harm.<ref>https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-dead-mans-switch.htm</ref> | ||
Converse examples are designed to ''cause'' harm in the lack of human intervention, for example by firing off nuclear missiles automatically if a country's leaders are incapacitated.<ref>https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-soviets-made-a-real-doomsday-device-in-the-80s-and-1794225196</ref> | Converse examples are designed to ''cause'' harm in the lack of human intervention, for example by firing off nuclear missiles automatically if a country's leaders are incapacitated.<ref>https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-soviets-made-a-real-doomsday-device-in-the-80s-and-1794225196</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:29, 12 December 2019
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“I've collected files on corruption in governments. For the first time, I'm naming names and specifics. I'll begin with a corrupt CIA agent and two Bahamian officials. Coming today. If I'm arrested or disappear, 31+ terrabytes [sic.] of incriminating data will be released to the press.”
John McAfee (9 June 2019) [1]
The standard usage example is to prevent a machine from causing (further) harm.[2] Converse examples are designed to cause harm in the lack of human intervention, for example by firing off nuclear missiles automatically if a country's leaders are incapacitated.[3]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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| Dead man's switch | “I've collected files on corruption in governments. For the first time, I'm naming names and specifics. I'll begin with a corrupt CIA agent and two Bahamian officials. Coming today. If I'm arrested or disappear, 31+ terrabytes [sic.] of incriminating data will be released to the press.” | John McAfee | 9 June 2019 |
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