But the point is that the key decisions of every conceivable option in a nuclear crisis have already been made by the WOPR.
7 seconds sound clip from the WarGames (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:13:08 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Well, the WOPR spends all its time thinking about World War III.
- The WOPR has already fought World War III as a game time and time again.
- It estimates Soviet responses to our responses, to their responses and so on.
- Estimates damage, counts the dead, and it looks for ways to improve the score.
- Whose only problem is that they're human.
- But in, what, 30 days we could replace them with electronic relays. Get the men out of the loop.
- Gentlemen... I wouldn't trust this overgrown pile of microchips any further than I could throw it.
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