I agree. It doesn't make Nolan look good. But he's probably just trying to generate publicity. I suspect that facebook's contribution to Myanmar was more as a

I agree. It doesn't make Nolan look good. But he's probably just trying to generate publicity. I suspect that facebook's contribution to Myanmar was more as a place of organization and evidence of opponents, than the feeds somehow generated most of the zeitgeist to slaughter. It kinda ignores the other causes of zeitgeist/organization and absolves the villains of the affair in doing so. But the idea latched on to some journalist. The Soviet Union had a semi/automated system for firing if Moscow got blown up before making a decision. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand They're is an air of vanity to the media and researchers who compare AI to nukes. It's sorta like Nolan making a film about Oppenheimer, in the hope to associate with them.