WarGames

I found quite entertaining, even for our current time, the movie called "WarGames" directed by John Badham. The film may not have the best special effects, but it does not need them, its plot is simple, but at the same time it is quite suitable. I do not know how important it was or how many people saw this great movie in its time, but I'm sure it should have marked many of the people who saw it. WarGames contains an encouraging message for the benefit of world peace and gives it effectively. I found mpressive, how to integrate the importance of technology with a subject as controversial as World War III. Quite simply, it is concluded that, like the game of tic-tac-toe, if the participants are expert players, there is no way someone can win and therefore it makes no sense to keep trying to win. That same concept is something that the super machine did not understand so the most feasible solution to avoid a nuclear catastrophe was to teach him that sometimes there is no way to win.
I liked that they have put artificial intelligence and technology topics in the movie. Especially, because they were able to transmit simple AI concepts to the general public. In the middle of the 80's, it was possible to show the basis for artificial intelligence in an entertaining way. Through a combination of tests and results analysis, a machine can learn. Although having a fully functional machine replica like in the movie is still fantasy, at the present it is clear to us that a supercomputer like that is very close to reality. Although I doubt that they delegated him as much control as in WarGames, it is quite feasible to make a machine learn almost as effectively as in the movie.
I think that few works can achieve what Badham did with WarGames, transcend a whole generation and continue to like it. Now it is clear to me why positive references are made to the film in the Ready Player One book. I think it really marked the era.

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