Yale University: From 'The Terminator' to Tech Titans - Historian Jill Lepore Examines the 'Artificial State'
February 10, 2026
February 10, 2026
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 10 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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From 'The Terminator' to tech titans: historian Jill Lepore examines the 'artificial state'
In her recent Tanner Lectures at Yale, historian Jill Lepore '95 Ph.D. argued that fears of a robot apocalypse -- shaped by science fiction like "The Terminator" -- reflects humanity's destruction of the natural world.
By Mike Cumm . . .
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From 'The Terminator' to tech titans: historian Jill Lepore examines the 'artificial state'
In her recent Tanner Lectures at Yale, historian Jill Lepore '95 Ph.D. argued that fears of a robot apocalypse -- shaped by science fiction like "The Terminator" -- reflects humanity's destruction of the natural world.
By Mike Cumm . . .