Wargames

I loved the film in all aspects like almost any material that Professor Ariel shares with us, always very attentive to what we need to know, but with a Geek touch that makes us more interested.

Well, where do I start? First, I work at IBM in the Security Intelligence department and obviously I am very focused on the cyber aspect of systems security. This movie touches on some issues such as the back doors, the monitoring of a person's activity on the network, protected systems, etc. He even mentions topics such as artificial intelligence and the classic "robots of the future will control the world and subdue human beings" by Terminator.

Not much to say, really. This film lets us see the capacity of the systems, even if they are very old, and the potential they have to facilitate the work and decision making of human beings, but always with responsibility.

I think that is precisely the point I would like to highlight, to develop technology with responsibility. Because in my opinion it is not just about developing technology just because it is, but about understanding the consequences of what we are doing and the destructive capacity that any system can have in the wrong hands. It sounds a bit like a science fiction movie, yes, but let's imagine that what happened in the movie happened today in real life. Doesn't it sound so far from reality? Yes, it is possible for a system to take military control of a country and start a world war that ends the lives of everyone on the planet, only that we don't think about it very often.

We will have to continue advancing with technology, but apply our ethical education so as not to make systems that compromise, in any way, the integrity of people, animals, the environment, etc. It sounds complex, but it is our duty as engineers and as humans to consider the impact of our actions and more taking into account that we, as experts in the technological area have the future of the world in our hands.