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What Robert Patrick Actually Said About the Robot Apocalypse

Robert Patrick’s robot-apocalypse remark was a half-joking comment that it might already have happened—not a forecast with a future date.
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Robert Patrick did not name a future date for a robot apocalypse. In a PerthNow interview published on 28 June 2024, the Terminator 2: Judgment Day actor joked that it might already have happened, saying, “I’m already concerned that it’s too late, it already happened, it has control of us.” PerthNow described the remark as “only half-joking”; it was not a forecast or evidence that Patrick believes AI controls people. PerthNow’s report

Did Robert Patrick predict a robot-apocalypse date?

No. The PerthNow headline suggests a date, but the article quotes no specific future date. Patrick instead quipped that it may already be too late: “I’m already concerned that it’s too late, it already happened, it has control of us,” followed by, “We’re doomed, the end of the world will be near.” PerthNow characterized the comments as “only half-joking.” They should be read as a joking remark, not as a calendar prediction or a substantiated claim about AI control.

Who is Robert Patrick, and why was he talking about it?

Patrick played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The 2024 interview ran ahead of his scheduled appearance at Supanova Perth. Patrick also told PerthNow that T2 was “the biggest thing that’s ever happened in my life, outside getting married and having children.” The interview is the source for both remarks.

When was his Supanova Perth appearance?

It was scheduled for Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June 2024, and has passed. Supanova’s official guest page listed a Saturday panel from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., along with photo sessions, and said Patrick would pose for photos and sign autographs. These are historical event details, not a current opportunity to attend. Supanova’s Robert Patrick guest page

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What else did he discuss in 2024?

An Everblack Podcast episode description dated 22 June 2024 says its interview with Patrick covered Supanova, Terminator 2, music he listened to while preparing for the T-1000, Peacemaker, and the early days of Nine Inch Nails and Filter with his brother Richard Patrick. The description identifies those topics but does not, by itself, establish further details about what he said on them. Everblack Podcast episode description

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