"The Day After Trinity", telling the story of the atomic bomb, through the particular lens of Oppenheimer's life (ht ): youtube.com/watch?v=Vm5fCx
Remarkable, harrowing. Struck by many things, including the lack of Japanese perspective. A subtext throughout is...
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... the headlong pursuit of the technical goal, with little thoughtful reflection on the impact on humanity. The Sorcerer's Apprentice, brought to life, again.
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The story as told in the documentary casts Oppenheimer as hero and ultimately victim. You could easily cast him as villain. Neither view is correct, IMO, and both do the events a tremendous disservice.
Still: I strongly recommend the doco.
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I tried to find and post this quote in my library, but saved me the trouble. Dyson captures part of this very, very well:
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Application to AGI & gain-of-function research is left as an exercise to the reader.
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