W hen a computer bulldozes through the barriers humans build to keep it in check, the consequences are usually pretty grave—at least in sci-fi media. We can be hunted through time , turned into biological batteries , and even locked out of the pod bay . It’s rare to tell an AI story from the perspective of the AI, but Apple TV+’s Murderbot goes a step further and makes its anti-human sentient machine a reluctant, socially awkward hero. It helps that he's played by Alexander Skarsgård, an actor