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40 years later, The Terminator still shapes our view of AI | The film has an outsize influence on the existential danger of AI.
The film has an outsize influence on the existential danger of AI.
October 26, 2024, marks the 40th anniversary of director James Cameron’s science fiction classic, The Terminator —a film that popularized society’s fear of machines that can’t be reasoned with, and that “absolutely will not stop… until you are dead,” as one character memorably puts it. As the former UK technology minister Paul Scully said at a London conference in 2023: “If you’re only talking about the end of humanity because of some rogue, Terminator-style scenario, you’re going to miss out on all of the good that AI [can do].” The entire international community, from superpowers such as China and the US to smaller countries, needs to find the political will to cooperate—and to manage the ethical and legal challenges posed by the military applications of AI during this time of geopolitical upheaval.
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