Voice 9, International Desk: According to film
director Christopher Nolan, the story of how America developed the atomic bomb
during World War II and how it is recounted in the movie "Oppenheimer"
is a "warning" as the world struggles with the problems brought on by
artificial intelligence.
The scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who oversaw the Manhattan Project that resulted in the development of the first nuclear weapons, was the subject of a 2005 biography that served as the basis for Nolan's film.
In an AFP interview in Paris, the British-born filmmaker said
that much of the anxiety surrounding technology "in our imagination stems
from Robert Oppenheimer," the physicist who played a key role in
developing nuclear weapons.
Drawing comparisons to the present, Nolan said
that comparable worries about the possible risks of a technology that can
become uncontrollable are being sparked by the quick development of artificial
intelligence (AI).
Some worried that nuclear fission might trigger
an uncontrollable chain reaction that would obliterate the whole globe. Nolan
said, "Artificial intelligence researchers refer to the present moment as
an ‘Oppenheimer moment’."
"But I don’t think it offers any easy
answers. It is a cautionary tale. It shows the dangers." "The
emergence of new technologies is quite often accompanied by a sense of dread
about where that might lead," he said on a somber note.
