It's Happening!

In 1984 audiences were introduced to the world of The Terminator. Set in 2029, humans are at war with a computer system (yes, a computer system) called Skynet. In this world they battle cyborgs and other computer based 'beings'. In 1984 and even now, audiences sit back and relax, believing this would never be their fate or their loved ones fates. Well, I'm here to show you otherwise.
This both amazes and scares me...
In order to create the huge battle scenes in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Peter Jackson (director) and WETA Digital built a computer programme. This programme, MASSIVE can create entire CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) armies and each CGI soldier can 'think' and 'fight' independently of the other soldiers. The software taught the soldiers how to fight. This is called Artificial Intelligence and it had to be repeatedly dumbed down because the soldiers were determined to run away from the battles in order to survive. This suggests that a machine is just as clever as a human is, when it comes to survival. For me, the worst part of MASSIVE is that the controllers (us) only have to input a few lines of data and it does the rest on it's own. It thinks for itself (more than your average computer).
Through FICTION films like The Terminator we create a future that we don't want to believe will happen. But, we create programmes increasingly like that of Skynet to make these films. Filmmakers are subconsciously predicting and creating our future and it's not looking great.
MASSIVE has a long way to go before it becomes Skynet, but it's closer than you expect. All we need is a decent robot and we're on our way to the world of The Terminator.