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Call it a day, killer androids. We humans submit

The premise of a human uprising against machines is weak, given that humans now embrace tech tools, as portrayed in films such as Countdown and Cam

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The Terminator was visionary film-maker James Cameron's landmark 1984 action science-fiction flick, warning of a world in the year 2029 taken over by an artificial intelligence network.

Skynet was this faceless enemy.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 05, 2019, with the headline Call it a day, killer androids. We humans submit. Subscribe