# In an op-ed, Professor Amy Webb compares Skynet, the artificial intelligence network from the Terminator films, to President Trump

1 Faculty News August 29, 2017 ![Los Angeles Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032838.jpg?itok=d4eVwIbD)>

Excerpt from the [Los Angeles Times](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-webb-skynet-terminator-trump-20170829-story.html) -- "Although Skynet was programmed to make decisions, it couldn’t learn how to interpret new kinds of data, especially if the information broke any of its established rules. So it is with our president, who operates with a retrograde understanding of modern warfare."

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