[antonvs]

> 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]

We 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]

Near as I can tell, the LLMs aren’t the threat. Just greedy morons with too much power, same as usual.

[stephenhuey]

Good point. If only the evil we must fight was as simple as Skynet. Reality is much sadder since people are hurting people.