Kinda odd phrasing from Nolan there. "The rise of companies over the last 15 years bandying about words like ‘algorithm,’ not knowing what they mean in any kind

Kinda odd phrasing from Nolan there. "The rise of companies over the last 15 years bandying about words like ‘algorithm,’ not knowing what they mean in any kind of meaningful, mathematical sense." That's a description of scriptwriters and journalists. Tech companies know well what they mean when they say algorithm, especially what they mean mathematically. It's the non-tech class that talks about algorithms as if they are magical spells of mind control which is why they think that "Meta’s contribution to genocide in Myanmar" is a real thing and why they are shocked that Threads, being a social network, uses a "purely algorithmic feed" (emphasis in the article). "as AI systems go into the defense infrastructure, ultimately they’ll be charged with nuclear weapons" The logic of MAD is simple that's why it's a three letter acronym. Nukes could be put under automated control for decades now and AI wouldn't change anything about what those control systems would do. Detect a pile of nukes heading your way from Russia/China -> fire back. No fancy schmancy AI needed for that! “When I talk to the leading researchers in the field of AI they literally refer to this right now as their Oppenheimer moment,” Nolan said. “They’re looking to his story to say what are the responsibilities for scientists developing new technologies that may have unintended consequences.” So much more exciting than the banality of the truth: neural networks are useful algorithms but not nuclear weapons. Not even close.