AI safety people haven't seen Terminator 2, researcher notes in viral aside
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-11
Andy Masley shared an AI-safety community anecdote: very few safety people have seen Terminator 2. Calling it a perfect movie, he says he's spent the past few years on a side quest to get influential safety researchers to watch it with him.
Context: a quoted exchange where someone says "I don't really care about science fiction. I saw Terminator 2, too" — and argues we should focus on practical measures, like preventing agent swarms from taking over entire data centers.
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