Terminator Zero decided that one AI wasn’t enough, so we got a rival to Skynet in the powerful Kokoro, in Japan. This machine’s existence isn’t as cut-and-dry as Skynet’s though, as Terminator Zero gradually reveals. the new anime show on Netflix finally moves the franchise away from the Connors, heading to Japan for another side of what occurs around Judgment Day.
The target of the Terminator this time is Malcolm Lee, a scientist and engineer who has another idea to stop the rise of machines – building a good one. Enter Kokoro, who must decide whether it wants to help us or not. A big question, and if you’re left wondering what the deal with this other AI is really made of, we’ve broken it all down.
Terminator Zero: What is Kokoro? Kokoro is an artificial intelligence imbued with free will in the hope it’ll choose to defend mankind against Skynet . Given the power to tap into any device or program, it has comparable strength to Dyson Corp’s unholy creation. Unlike Skynet, though, its decisions aren’t arbitrary.
It can understand emotion and pair it with reason, making it a powerful adversary to Skynet if Kokoro so chooses. Therein lies the debate at the heart of Terminator Zero. Malcolm Lee traveled back in time to build Kokoro Terminator Zero reveals that Malcolm comes from the future, even later than Eiko .
Tired of watching humans endlessly die at the hands of the machines, he starts exploring the idea of Skynet being defeated by another AI. The notion.