I remember watching this movie on TV in the early '70s... and I was both fascinated and scared crapless simultaneously. I was very interested in computers at the time (quite rudimentary by today's standards: time-sharing teletypes running basic programs from paper tape) so this movie stuck with me. I reflect back on it from time to time, and am amazed at how far computing has come.Originally Posted by Bill Jobe
We haven't created a Colossus yet, but we seem to be on the path. When folks who are "in the know" like Professor Hawking and Elon Musk say that they are concerned, that concerns me as well. However, I don't see any practical courses of action that we as individuals, or even as a society, would be willing to do to prevent such a thing.
It still sounds scary that, just like in the movie, we will have set the electronic "gears" in motion and won't figure out the downside until it is too late.
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