[self_awareness]

"The only winning move is not to play"

Too bad the story is made up, the author does reference Fox Mulder and the phrase "I want to believe".

[antman]

“The only move is not to play” is from the 1983 movie “War games” whose theme is a kid hacks into a government computer that controls nuclear weapons, the computer almost starts a nuclear war but stops short after running simulated scenarios which all lead to total annihilation.

https://youtu.be/NHWjlCaIrQo it’s on the monitor at 3:40

[Jaruzel]

> "The only winning move is not to play"

Exactly this. War Games showed this theorem back in 1983. I would hazard a guess that Joshua's statement inspired this 'fake' story.

[mercer]

Reminds me of the Tetris AI that just paused the game so it wouldn't lose.