{"id":3905,"date":"2008-02-20T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/02\/sometimes-they-go-bad\/"},"modified":"2008-02-20T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-20T12:31:00","slug":"sometimes-they-go-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/02\/sometimes-they-go-bad.html","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes They Go Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"210\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i232.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee120\/TerminatorTV\/Poster05150x225a.png\" border=\"0\">Monday\u2019s episode (<a href=\"http:\/\/sarahconnor.wetpaint.com\/page\/Episode+6++Dungeons+&amp;+Dragons?t=anon\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cDungeons and Dragons\u201d<\/a>) of <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.superherohype.com\/showthread.php?p=14100859\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Terminator<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tv.com\/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles\/dungeons-and-dragons\/episode\/1162891\/summary.html?om_act=convert&amp;om_clk=episodessh&amp;tag=episodes;title;1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/a> explored further the comparison between child rearing and the perils of artificial intelligence. This may have been too subtle for some viewers to pick up on, though. Key lines in the episode include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The reference to Skynet by its maker as having become frightened and insecure, to the extent that it couldn\u2019t be reassured. <\/li>\n<li>The statement \u201cSometimes they go bad. No one knows why\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both could easily be said of our children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i232.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee120\/TerminatorTV\/Poster03150x225a.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"183\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i232.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee120\/TerminatorTV\/Poster03150x225a.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Here are other sites worth looking at about this episode:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tv.ign.com\/articles\/853\/853038p1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IGN<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/ifmagazine.com\/review.asp?article=2316\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IF Magazine<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsquad.com\/2008\/02\/18\/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-dungeons-and-dragons\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">TV Squad<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/content\/tvclub\/terminator_the_sarah_connor_2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A.V. Club<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/358341\/too-many-skeevy-uncles-and-stepdads-on-sarah-connor\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IO9<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-736244062370152578?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday\u2019s episode (\u201cDungeons and Dragons\u201d) of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles explored further the comparison between child rearing and the perils of artificial intelligence. This may have been too subtle for some viewers to pick up on, though. 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