“Beings” taking over the world isn’t necessarily a new subject in Hollywood. Whether it’s an alien, a machine, or some kind of plague that wipes us all out, the subject of the human race being annihilated has been in movies for decades. However, it was the 1984 James Cameron classic Terminator that seriously began exploring a rise in machines and artificial intelligence. Cameron introduced the company “Skynet” who would be on the forefront of robotic and AI technology that led to the ultimate takeover of machines over man.
In a recent interview, Cameron admits that a scenario he once simply imagined for a movie is not way more likelier than when he created Terminator.
“I think it’s a much more valid threat than it was when Terminator was made in 1984. Now we’re facing job displacement due to automation. Everyone’s always talking about ‘those damn foreigners taking our jobs.’Guess what guys, it’s not foreigners, it’s robots.”
Cameron also blames artificial intelligence as being the largest threat. These comments are no surprise. Even Elon Musk who is considered to be one of the smartest and most successful human beings on earth fears a potential robot apocalypse. What’s particularly scary is how a movie from 1984 made such bold predictions about the future and could wind up being insanely accurate.
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