Not Skynet - yet: Four AI firms, multiple escape routes, and a debate about how close human intelligence is

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In James Cameron's The Terminator, the machines wake up on August 29, 1997. 'Skynet' becomes self-aware at 2:14 in the morning, decides humanity is the problem and launches a nuclear war. The screenplay was, by Cameron's account, born of a food-poiso... [12672 chars]

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