Do they have access to enough materials (uranium or plutonium) to build enough bombs to wipe most humans out or can they get access without being stopped?
What kinds of backdoors? The Iranians or North Koreans might be smart enough to avoid connecting nukes to the internet.
From what little I know, you can basically get unlimited yield from a thermonuclear bomb with just a normal amount of fissile material by increasing the number of stages, especially if the bomb can remain static and doesn’t have to be fired. The main challenge would be figuring out how to have your AI survive that.
Do they have access to enough materials (uranium or plutonium) to build enough bombs to wipe most humans out or can they get access without being stopped?
What kinds of backdoors? The Iranians or North Koreans might be smart enough to avoid connecting nukes to the internet.
From what little I know, you can basically get unlimited yield from a thermonuclear bomb with just a normal amount of fissile material by increasing the number of stages, especially if the bomb can remain static and doesn’t have to be fired. The main challenge would be figuring out how to have your AI survive that.