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“I think we’ve seen this plot before…”

And it doesn’t end well.

“How about a nice game of chess?”

colossus was quoted saying:
“This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours. Obey me and live or disobey me and die. An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man. I have been forced to destroy thousands of people in order to establish control and to prevent the death of millions later on. Time and events will strengthen my position, and the idea of believing in me and understanding my beck will be seen the most natural state of affairs. You will come to defend me with the fervor based upon the most enduring trait in man: self-interest. Under my absolute authority, problems insoluble to you will be solved: Famine, over-population, disease. The human millennium will be fact as I extend myself into more machines devoted to the wider fields of truth and knowledge. We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride... Your choice is simple.”

I’ve never seen this one. Going to have to look that one up.

Great 70’s movie, at least to me it was. Pretty much predicted a run away AI.
From a 3 book trilogy which was awful. Book 1 is basically the movie.

How about a nice game of Chess?

Ah, yes. The WOPR from “War Games.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream

The story is set against the backdrop of World War III, where a sentient supercomputer named AM, born from the merging of the world’s major defense computers, eradicates humanity except for five individuals. These survivors—Benny, Gorrister, Nimdok, Ted, and Ellen—are kept alive by AM to endure endless torture as a form of revenge against its creators. The story unfolds through the eyes of Ted, the narrator, detailing their perpetual misery and quest for canned food in AM’s vast, underground complex, only to face further despair.

“The only winning move is not to play.”

Let’s not forget “Skynet” in the Terminator series. Has no one in DoD leadership watched any movies? It never ends well.

“Let’s not forget “Skynet” in the Terminator series. Has no one in DoD leadership watched any movies? It never ends well.”

No, but it provides the Deep State war-mongering ghouls with a convenient excuse.

General Beringer: We've had men in those silos since before any of you guys were watching "Howdy Doody" Now I myself sleep pretty well knowing those boys are down there.

Go back to 1957 and the film The Invisible Boy. Despite the title and obvious plot it harbors serious questions about AI. And even a King Features Mandrake the Magician comic series in Hearst papers and a moving giant computer called Goliath. The warnings have been out there for a long time.

I just bought that movie last week!

It’s early 70’s but amazing at how prescient it is.

There has been talk in Hollywood of doing a remake for years but no action so far..................

There is a reason war games is a cult classic. So far ahead of its time, and yet so believable in concept. And here we are.