Humanisation of the Terminator

This clip does have some swearing in it, however it is interesting to look at in terms of point of view of a non-human life form. The clip is from terminator and shows a response given to a cleaner when asked a question about being in on of the rooms. What is unusual is that we witness a heads up, something that is usually given to jet pilots so they have options in front of thir face. The reason you would need one of these is because you are a human but really the terminator wouldn’t need one of these in order to make decisions.

I think what this expresses is that he is more than his programming, almost as if he has a soul - the screen seems to represent choices which are outside of his programming and we see his ability to choose one which he feels is most appropriate.

The reason for the drop down screen seems to be a humanisation of the character of the terminator, representing the point of view of a non-human life form interacting with a technology humans would need yet he actually does not.