Terminator Zero
Spoilers are ahead for Terminator Zero season 1.
However, the show is still defined by the characters' efforts to stop Skynet’s Judgment Day.
Although Kokoro has the potential to destroy humanity, she’s also the key to saving it.
Not unlike Skynet’s Terminators, Misaki is built on an endoskeleton that’s protected by living tissue.
Like Misaki,Kokoro chooses her gendered presentation as well as her name.
In a different timeline, Kokoro even turned against humanity.
Custom Image by Kate Bove
Nonetheless, the ever-optimistic or perhaps desperate Malcolm still believes that AI and humanity can enhance each other.
Even Malcolm can’t be trusted to make the hard decisions.
In many ways, Kokoro’s multi-episode conversation with Malcolm is like a philosophy 101 class.
Even Malcolm can’t be trusted to make the hard decisions.
Additionally, Kokoro can thwart Skynet’s attacks.
Free will doesn’t just set Kokoro apart, it empowers her for better and worse.
Even though Kokoro wasn’t created with warfare in mind, she still has many tools in her arsenal.
However, this unparalleled access is merely a tool not a signifier of Kokoro’s true power.
As Malcolm suggests throughoutTerminator Zero,Kokoro’s true power lies in her ability to exert free will.
Terminator Zeroseason 1 is now streaming on Netflix.
