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The 'WarGames' Problem: Keeping AI Under Control

Original: The ‘WarGames’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What it Takes to Keep AI Under Control

The 1983 film WarGames, in which a military AI nearly triggers nuclear war, is being used to frame a renewed debate about controlling advanced AI. Commentators argue that computer science has long understood the technical requirements for keeping automated systems in check, including hard limits, oversight and the ability to shut systems down, and that these lessons are directly relevant to today's powerful AI models.

Why now: Renewed public concern about AI safety is driving comparisons to classic fiction about runaway machines.

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• The ‘WarGames’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What it Takes to Keep AI Under Control · Technology Org
• The ‘WarGames’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What It Takes to Keep AI Under Control · singularityhub.com

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