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Religious Themes In David Levy's 'Spin-Off Terminator'

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When theorizing robotic intimacies in science fiction, depictions vary from robots serving humans to robots being treated as equal. For example, the Star Wars franchise depicts robots primarily as service droids, with examples like C3PO. However, authors like David Levy theorize the possibility of robots who are treated equal to humans, capable of romantic intimacy. Approaching the next step, author Eve Bennet joins the conversation in theorizing the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to surpass humans (6). Bennet predicts, in agreement with author Robert Geraci, that this arrival, known as singularity, will pose new challenges for humans both fearful and wonderful (6). Similar to Janis Svilpis’ claim that science fiction is the literature of ideas, Bennet uses the television series spin-off Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to identify many religious themes that contribute to AI Apocalypticism (1). Bennet describes the original Terminator franchise as containing Judeo-Christian themes, with examples like John Connor being “the boy destined to lead humankind to victory in an apocalyptic war against intelligent …show more content…

Levy uses previously stigmatized sexual acts like homosexuality and masturbation as support to the claim that sex with robots will eventually be socially accepted, especially with the popularity of sex toys (282). With this, it is easy to misinterpret the capacity of romantic intimacy as equality, however the possibility of sex robots is still a form of service. Thus, if sex robots are designed to serve humans, it can be assumed that such a robot would follow Amisov’s Three Laws of Robotics, therefore making them incapable of harming humans. In turn, this contributes to the lack of plausibility of an AI Apocalypse given the current evolutionary trajectory of robots lacking equality with

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