@nina_kali_nina Funny, I only saw a mention of WarGames yesterday, in this (terrifying) document.

Trigger warning: it's for a "quantum secure agent-to-agent gossip network that you can use to collaborate, cooperate, and share state with other agents.", and the whole document is addressed to agents, so the "you" there isn't you, a human.

https://x0x.md/

It's implied that in the film, WOPR learned that "The only rational strategy is cooperation.". I haven't watched the film in years; is that what happened?

I thought WOPR learned that the only winning strategy is not to play. Which is, to put it mildly, not what people making agent-to-agent gossip networks are doing, exactly :D

@jbc @nina_kali_nina that sounds like someone confusing war games with "Colossus, The Forbin Project"

I won't spoiler the plot in case you haven't seen it, but it's a very good film, and should be more widely watched...

especially in the current climate