RISE OF THE MACHINES

Terminator director warns of apocalyptic danger of AI

- BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

JAMES Cameron fears that the dystopian future he imagined in The Terminator may no longer be confined to fiction as artificial intelligence starts to take over.

The Canadian filmmaker, 70, warns that the technology could soon control military systems, including nuclear weapons.

His 1984 hit film, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, featured a self-aware AI system named Skynet launching nuclear Armageddon on Earth.

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Talking to Rolling Stone, he said he worried that an arms race relying on AI presents a dangerous scenario that could spiral beyond human control.