James Cameron reveals he predicted AI in 1984: ‘You didn’t listen to me’

James Cameron would have been one of the first in the entertainment industry to warn the world about the threat of Artificial Intelligence in 1984, but the industry “didn’t listen”.

In an interview with CTV Newsthe filmmaker made reference to his science fiction classic Terminator (1984) when asked what he thought of the rise of AI in film, television, and music. In addition to entertainment, Cameron also thinks AI poses a threat in military operations.

I think we’re going to be in the equivalent of a nuclear arms race with AI, and if we don’t build it, the other guys are for it, it’s definitely going to build it. […]. You could imagine an AI in a theater of combat, everything being fought by computers at a speed that humans can no longer intercede and you have no ability to scale down.

In another part of the interview, James Cameron said he doesn’t believe the technology behind AI will be able to replace writers, saying, “It’s never a question of who wrote it, it’s a question of whether it’s a good story?”

“I personally don’t believe that a disembodied mind that is just regurgitating what other embodied minds have said – about the life they’ve had, about love, about lies, about fear, about mortality – and just puts it all together in one word salad and then regurgitates it. .. I don’t believe this has anything that will move the audience,” he continued. Cameron.

The writer-director also said he would “certainly not be interested” in writing AI scripts for his film, but only time will tell how AI will impact the industry. “Let’s wait 20 years, and if an AI wins a oscar in Best ScreenplayI think we should take it seriously,” he said.