The whole conceit of the Terminator movie franchise is that we create an artificial intelligence that goes rogue, sees humanity as the enemy, and nukes the planet in an attempt to kill us all off. And there have been six movies, and three television shows, that've strived to drive that idea home over the course of nearly thirty years.
And yet, scientists, researchers, and tech oligarchs seem to forget about them whenever they're attempting to "build the future" or whatever. I mean, speaking to the tech oligarchs directly cause I know they read RideApart, the rich don't get out alive in those nuclear hellscapes. You're not going to survive the robot uprising just because your name is Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg. Robots don't care who you are or what Roman general you love to cosplay as, you dumb nerds.
Why am I saying all of this? Well, because a group of researchers apparently watched Terminator Salvation recently and thought, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we taught a robot how to ride a motorcycle and make it do sweet jumps" without thinking "Hey, are we giving the robots that'll eventually kill all of us the means to do so more effectively?"
