MIT students predict the robot apocalypse
How close are we to a world of Terminators and Skynet?
With Terminator Genisys hitting theaters today, a few questions arise: How many Terminator sequels can we endure? Is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turns 68 at the end of July, performing all these stunts with the aid of cybernetic organs? And most importantly, 31 years after the original film hit theaters, how much closer are we to the real-life robot apocalypse?
With that question in mind, Jimmy Craig and Justin Parker, co-creators of the Boston-based comedy duo Fatawesome, headed to MIT’s campus to ask students when they believed the machines would take over.
“We’re huge Arnold Schwarzenegger fans and came up with the idea when we were talking about the new Terminator movie,’’ Craig said. “We joked about how if the robot apocalypse were actually ever to happen, it would probably start right down the street in Cambridge.’’
Some of the estimates were conserative.
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Others suggested the apocalypse was frighteningly soon.
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Craig said he and Parker were blown away by how uniformly pessimistic the responses were.
“It was crazy because we’d walk from one end of campus to the other and get the same exact response,’’ Craig said. “Turns out we’re all doomed.’’
Check out Fatawesome’s full video below.
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