Terminator 2 took aim at the ethics of artificial intelligence

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James Cameron’s seminal summer blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day turned 25 earlier this year. But in the big technological questions it raises, the film remains almost frighteningly relevant. This episode of Popcorn Politics, The A.V. Club’s collaboration with Scrappers Film Group, explores what T2 had to say about the ethics, dangers, and possible future of artificial intelligence—and how those issues continue to inspire debate in the scientific community.

 
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