As AI grows exponentially smarter, and chatbots become integrated into our daily lives, public excitement has increasingly given way to something else: unease.
For years, pop culture has warned us what could happen if powerful machines go unchecked. Films like "The Terminator, 2001: A Space Odyssey," "Blade Runner" and "The Matrix" all explore variations of the same fear — AI that turns on its creators, manipulates human behavior or becomes so deeply embedded in daily life that society can no longer function without it.
