Don't use science fiction to inspire public policy on AI

At the end of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 character is lowered into the molten metal to prevent his processing chip from falling into the wrong hands. As the Terminator goes under, he gives the iconic thumbs up. 

The Terminator and other fake robots and AIs should stay in that molten pit and out of today’s public policy discussions about AI. 

Policymakers should not reference or rely on fictional scenarios as reasons to regulate AI. Otherwise, America...