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No, the only mention of Oppenheimer in the article is this: > Essentially, Luckey’s aim is to make the US and its allies almost impossible to harm — “a prickl
by ycombinete 2y ago
No, the only mention of Oppenheimer in the article is this:
> Essentially, Luckey’s aim is to make the US and its allies almost impossible to harm — “a prickly porcupine” in his words — as well as to supply weapons powerful enough to put adversaries off attacking in the first place. “We want to build the capabilities that give us the ability to swiftly win any war we are forced to enter,” he says.
> The thesis is not original. It’s the same idea that led to Robert Oppenheimer’s development of the atomic bomb. America’s attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the second world war, killing more than 100,000 people, and nuclear weapons have not been deployed in conflict since.
Newspaper headlines are usually added by the copy editors, not the author of the article.
- qarl 2y agoAh - so it was the FT editor that equated Palmer Luckey to Oppenheimer.
- coffeeindex 2y agoIs he not just saying that Palmer Luckey’s “idea” isn’t his own — Oppenheimer for example had it before? That’s hardly equating them
- qarl 2y agoThe title of the article is "How Silicon Valley’s ‘Oppenheimer’ found lucrative trade in AI weapons". The implication is that Palmer is Silcon Valley's Oppenheimer. EDIT: Although, now that you mention it, Oppenheimer is in quotes. I guess it's possible that the FT is being sarcastic.