“I think the 'Terminator' idea is a reasonable one - that is that one day the Internet becomes self-aware and simply says that humans are in the way. After all, if you meet an ant hill and you're making a 10-lane super highway, you just pave over the ants. It's not that you don't like the ants, it's not that you hate ants; they are just in the way.”

American theoretical physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular science

Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and popular science writer. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. He has written several books on physics and related subjects, and he is a familiar presence in radio, television, and film. He also writes regularly for his own blog and for other popular media outlets. In 2021, he received the Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award for work that helped connect science and science fiction.