Canadian film director James Cameron has a warning for humanity. Cameron said his 1984 sci-fi blockbuster ‘The Terminator’ should have served as a warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence and that the “weaponization” of the emerging AI tech could have disastrous consequences.

Speaking to CTV News during an interview on Tuesday, the award-winning director was asked whether he believes artificial intelligence could someday bring “the extinction of humanity,” a fear raised even by some industry leaders.

“I absolutely share their concern. I warned you guys in 1984 and you didn’t listen,” he said, referring to his film ‘The Terminator,’ which revolves around a cybernetic assassin created by an intelligent supercomputer known as Skynet.

According to a report by RT, Cameron went on to warn that “the weaponization of AI is the biggest danger,” adding “I think that we will get into the equivalent of a nuclear arms race with AI. And if we don’t build it, the other guys are for sure going to build it, and so then it’ll escalate.”

“When you’re dealing with a potential of it escalating to nuclear warfare, de-escalation is the name of the game. Having that pause, that time out – but will they do that? The AIs will not,” Cameron continued.

The famed filmmaker has issued similar warnings in the past, saying that while AI “can be pretty great,” it could also “literally be the end of the world.” He even went as far as to say that “an AI could have taken over the world and already be manipulating it but we just don’t know,” speculating that sentient computers “would have total control over all the media and everything.” -RT

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