WOPR
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#12539
>>9796998 (WarGames 1983 — WOPR)
Description
War Operation Plan Response (WOPR)
NORAD supercomputer known as WOPR, programmed to continuously run war simulations and learn over time
…WOPR stages a massive Soviet first strike with hundreds of missiles, submarines, and bombers. Believing the attack to be genuine, NORAD prepares to retaliate.
…Falken and David direct the computer to play tic-tac-toe against itself. This results in a long string of draws, forcing the computer to learn the concept of futility and no-win scenarios.
…Having discovered the concept of mutual assured destruction ("WINNER: NONE"), the computer tells Falken that it has concluded that nuclear war is "a strange game" in which "the only winning move is not to play." WOPR relinquishes control of NORAD and the missiles and offers to play "a nice game of chess."
movie clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aUHQKneAdw WarGames — WOPR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRsycWRQrc8 WarGames clip - WOPR described
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCWKZWieMSY Wargames 1983 - The voice of WOPR
online WOPR simulator:
http://dataplusscience.com/WOPR/wargames.html
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Q post 568
19 Jan 2018
>>97724
Shall we play a game?
How about a nice game of chess?
WarGames.
Double meaning.
[CLAS-5849]
Fake incoming missile alert [Defcon 1].
We know all.
TRUST.
Q
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