United Kingdom, Aug. 8 -- James Cameron has warned the world is on the brink of a "Terminator-style apocalypse".

The moviemaker has revealed his fears over the rise of AI in recent years and admitted it's possible for humankind to be left facing extinction if an artificial intelligence network is allowed access to weapons systems as predicted in his 1984 sci-fi movie The Terminator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He told Rolling Stone magazine: "I do think there's still a danger of a Terminator-style apocalypse where you put AI together with weapons systems, even up to the level of nuclear weapon systems, nuclear defence counterstrike, all that stuff.

"Because the theatre of operations is so rapid, the decision windows are so fast, it ...