The article forgets to mention the similarity of Professor Stephen Falken [1] character with Geoffrey Hinton [2] that just quit Google AI.<p>[1] <a href="https://war-games.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen_Falken" rel="nofollow">https://war-games.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen_Falken</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hinton" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hinton</a>
This one absolutely captivated my imagination and I saw it on first release. The notable part for me was that all the technology was absolutely based in reality, and appropriate to the 24-hours-in-the-future setting. David is a kid like me, with mad tech skills and a little bit too subversive/adventurous. My favorite scene was when he hacked the office door's cipher lock with a tape recorder and some alligator clips.<p>Technical consultants included those from SRI and RAND. Definitely in the know about the way things were, and where they were going.<p>My high school attendance was impeccable, but I was not allowed to use a modem until college. :-)
See also <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36180278" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36180278</a>