The ‘War Games’ problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control

September 29, 2026 · 9:11 pm 1 sources

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• The ‘War Games’ problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · September 29, 2026 21:11
  A hit 1983 movie illustrates what computer scientists have long known: If you give an AI agent a goal but don’t control what it can and can’t do, you shouldn’t be surprised by what it does.