Cameron: Real-World AI Outpaces Terminator 7 Ideas
James Cameron says he can’t write Terminator 7 because real-world AI now outpaces his sci-fi ideas. Once shocking, humanoid killers feel tame next to everyday threats—facial recognition, autonomous drones, deepfakes. Since 1991’s T2, the franchise has flopped outside its heyday, and Dark Fate underperformed. Cameron faces a challenge: reboot Terminator’s core—unstoppable cyborgs and explosive chases—while tapping 21st-century AI anxieties. Whether it’s predictive-policing algorithms or rogue chatbots, the world already feels apocalyptic. Can he deliver a fresh Terminator epic when science fiction is today’s reality?