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<p>How is real life like the plot of the movie <em>Terminator 2</em>? Let me count the ways.</p>
<p>A scarily powerful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)">artificial intelligence</a> based on a neural network? <a href="https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/">Check</a>.</p>
<p>Humanity as close as it's ever been to an <a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/making-nuclear-apocalypse-iconic-sequence-terminator-2-created-141209.html">apocalypse</a>? <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-doomsday-clock-is-now-set-to-90-seconds-to-midnight">Check</a>.</p>
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How is real life like the plot of the movie Terminator 2? Let me count the ways.
A scarily powerful artificial intelligence based on a neural network? Check.
Humanity as close as it’s ever been to an apocalypse? Check.
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