"During the summer of 1945, the leaders of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, faced a momentous decision. The original motive for developing the atomic bomb-the need to counter a possible German A-bomb-had evaporated in May with the end of the war in Europe, and many atomic scientists were opposed to the use of such a weapon on Japan (then already on the brink of surrender)."
"Now, in perhaps the most significant Oppenheimer moment since 1945, President Donald Trump has chosen to unleash another powerful and potentially cataclysmic new technology on the world: superintelligent artificial intelligence. On July 23, at the "Winning the AI Race" summit in Washington, DC, Trump released his administration's " AI Action Plan " -an official blueprint for the unfettered corporate development of "frontier" AI models with vast but unknown capabilities."
Leaders at Los Alamos accelerated atomic-bomb development in summer 1945 despite the German threat ending and scientific opposition, enabling Hiroshima and Nagasaki and sparking a global nuclear arms race. An "Oppenheimer moment" denotes officials unleashing powerful, potentially cataclysmic technology without knowing consequences or having rigorous safeguards. On July 23 at the "Winning the AI Race" summit, President Donald Trump released an AI Action Plan promoting unfettered corporate development of frontier AI models with vast, unknown capabilities. The plan frames AI as an existential strategic race and emphasizes winning dominance over rivals regardless of risks and costs.
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