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      Trash Sorting AI Robot Presages Skynet, Thanks A Lot  
	   
       
      
        
       
    Artificial intelligence-enhanced robots are here! Yes, already. And they're sorting the trash. For now.
 
 
 
Of course, we know where this is going.
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From Terminator Genesis  (2015).
 
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