the.com/jurassic park speech
the moment before every disaster movie where the smart guy says do not, and everyone does it anyway.
means a monologue, usually from a scientist or ethicist, warning that a new technology's power has outrun its wisdom.
from coined after ian malcolm's rant in jurassic park (1993), where he tells john hammond his scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they never stopped to think if they should.
actual lineyour scientists were so preoccupied whether they could
delivered byjeff goldblum, chaos theorist, black-clad, unbothered
now shorthandused constantly in ai and biotech ethics debates
book vs filmcrichton's novel version is longer, colder, less quotable
for instance
ai safety op eds — quoted almost verbatim about chatgpt and gene editing since 2020
oppenheimer press tours — critics invoked it discussing nuclear weapons origins in 2023
silicon valley keynotes — ironically recycled by the same people building the thing