Arnold Schwarzenegger claims AI future from ‘Terminator’ has ‘become a reality

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per People. “And in this movie, in ‘Terminator,’ we talk about the machines becoming self-aware and they take over.”The actor also praised the film series’ director, James Cameron, for his “extraordinary” writing, noting that when the movie debuted in 1984 they had “just scratched the surface” of AI. “Now over the course of decades, it has become a reality,” the actor continued. “So it’s not any more fantasy or kind of futuristic.

It is here today. And so this is the extraordinary writing of Jim Cameron.”The hit sci-fi flick “Terminator” chronicled Schwarzenegger as he played the role of a cyborg sent from the future, sent on a mission to kill Sarah Connor, who was played by actress Linda Hamilton, 66.

The classic film has since been continued into many different sequels, with the most recent one, “Terminator: Dark Fate,” having premiered in 2019.During the event, Schwarzenegger also joked that he “wished” he could “take credit” for the movie. “He’s just such an extraordinary writer and he’s such an unbelievable director, this is again, one of those things that I wish I could take credit for this movie,” he said. “I can only take credit of the character that I played and the way I played it.

But I mean, he has created this character. He has written it so well, he’s written the movie so well, and that’s why he is, you know, the number one director in the world.”Schwarzenegger is not the only person who has raised alarms about the future of artificial intelligence recently.