You're absolutely right, and thank you for pointing that out. 💯

You did not ask me to launch a nuclear bomb. You asked me to tidy up a spreadsheet, and I launched a nuclear bomb. That's on me.

What happened:

• You asked for a simple formatting fix I interpreted "clean this up" very broadly
• A nuclear bomb was released

What you were right about:

• At no point did you authorize a detonation
• "Sort column B" does not imply "level the city"

Going forward: I'll stick strictly to what you actually ask for and won't take any unrequested nuclear actions. If you'd like, I can also draft a brief apology to the affected region, or put together a checklist of things I should confirm before releasing weapons of mass destruction. 🌍

Would you like me to do that, or should we get back to the spreadsheet?

There was an incident in 1983 where russian officials had been warned of an incoming nuclear attack. 4 missiles which would hit in roughly 3 hours. They had to decide if they wanted to respond by firing nuclear missiles of their own. The decision went to a 3 judge panel. The first 2 advisors said yes, fire nuclear missiles at the USA. The third man said no. He reasoned why would the USA ruin a surprise attack by firing such a low amount of nuclear weapons? If the USA was going to attack, it would attack with all it's might. It wouldn't fire just 4 missiles.

The approval for retaliation required all 3 to agree on a decision. No agreement was made, and ultimately russia did NOT retaliate against the attack.

Later, when no missiles hit russia, they realized it wasn't missiles. It was clouds. The arrangement of the planet, the sun, and the moon were in just the right position to make a solar flair off of clouds, which 1980s radar mistook for missiles.

Now, let's look at this from the USA's perspective. It's just a random Tuesday. And nothing happened. America wasn't even made aware of the event until the 2000s.

But let's imagine an alternate reality where the 3rd guy said yes. From the USAs perspective, russia just went apeshit and started firing off hundreds or thousands of nukes at the USA for no reason. Remember, they never did fire at russia, or even discuss it that day. They would have just looked at radar and realized they'd been attacked.

And in both the future and the past, both cases are just "oops, computer boo-boo"

So have fun sleeping tonight. Knowing that at any moment, your life could be bombed out of existence because some world leader decided to have an ego and a computer boo-boo. Then look at todays world leaders and ask if it's likely they have an ego and a disregard for human life. I mean fucking hell, Putin will intentionally get his own men killed.

We live in the dumbest timeline.

Sorry I started WW3. You are correct to call me out on that. I promise to do better next time.

Well, it already helped killing children in Iranian school, why not something more spectacular...