Episode
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction: Intelligent Machines
Overview
Technology is at the heart of science fiction. Steven Spielberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Lucas and others attempt to answer the question: Will the smart machines that science fiction predicted save humankind or lead to our demise?
Details
- Series
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2018-05-27
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Intelligent Machines is Episode 5 in Season 1 of James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction. It aired on 2018-05-27. The runtime is 43 min.
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