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The Terminator at 40: the sci-fi cult classic that still shapes how we view the threat of AI

In context: October 2024 marked the 40th anniversary of director James Cameron's science fiction classic, The Terminator – a film that popularised 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.

Full story By Tom F.A. Watts, November 8, 2024, 6:14 AM 29 comments

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Terminator director James Cameron joins Stability AI despite past warnings on artificial intelligence

John Connor would not be happy

By Rob Thubron, September 25, 2024, 5:17 AM

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Famed theoretical physicist plays down extinction fears caused by "glorified tape recorder" AI systems

A lot of people feel the same way

By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2023, 9:44 AM 25 comments

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James Cameron says Skynet could wipe out humanity using deepfakes

"Almost everything we create seems to go wrong at some point"

By Shawn Knight, January 24, 2022, 2:56 PM 30 comments

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Google's "Skynet": blimps, balloons deliver Internet to remote, underdeveloped areas

By Rick Burgess, May 28, 2013, 4:30 PM 13 comments