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> But Terminator failed on a basic premise: Skynet becoming self-aware. A strange claim. Why do you think that? > The future seems more like … Oh, so Termina
by antonvs 4mo ago
> But Terminator failed on a basic premise: Skynet becoming self-aware.
A strange claim. Why do you think that?
> The future seems more like …
Oh, so Terminator failed because it didn’t match a different fictional speculation about the future?
- WolfeReader 4mo agoWe are in "the future" relative to both works. The current intelligence threatening our planet is an unconscious token predictor, much more like the hostile non-entity in Blindsight (which even speaks to humans via token prediction) than the mechanical persons in Terminator 2.
- lazide 4mo agoNear as I can tell, the LLMs aren’t the threat. Just greedy morons with too much power, same as usual.
- stephenhuey 4mo agoGood point. If only the evil we must fight was as simple as Skynet. Reality is much sadder since people are hurting people.