As heated discussions on robot safety and AI ethics reach fever pitch, this iconic scene from “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” delivers a remarkably prescient take on human-machine interactions gone sideways, with Angelina Jolie’s fearless archaeologist narrowly escaping decapitation by a menacing combat robot. Her breathless query—“Was it programmed to stop before it took my head off?"—now resonates with chilling relevance in our increasingly automated world. This moment stands as a brilliant reminder that the franchise’s examination of technology’s darker potential remains startlingly relevant today.
