China under Mao definitely seemed to do more than say they won’t respond to threats. Thus, the Korean war, and notably no nuclear threats were made, proving conventional war was still possible in a post-nuclear world.
For practical decisions, I don’t think threatbots actually exist if you’re a state by form other than natural disasters. Mao’s china was not good at natural disasters, but probably because Mao was a marxist and legalist, not because he conspicuously ignored them. When his subordinates made mistakes which let him know something was going wrong in their province, I think he would punish the subordinate and try to fix it.
China under Mao definitely seemed to do more than say they won’t respond to threats. Thus, the Korean war, and notably no nuclear threats were made, proving conventional war was still possible in a post-nuclear world.
For practical decisions, I don’t think threatbots actually exist if you’re a state by form other than natural disasters. Mao’s china was not good at natural disasters, but probably because Mao was a marxist and legalist, not because he conspicuously ignored them. When his subordinates made mistakes which let him know something was going wrong in their province, I think he would punish the subordinate and try to fix it.