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Skynet turned against humans in all of theTerminatortimelines.
However, Skynets motivations and goals arent always clear and have changed between movies.
Skynet also gets access to time travel and uses it to fight the war before it even begins.
However, whether humans were a threat to themselves or Skynets existence is open for debate.
Regardless of the reason, Skynet always tries to trigger a nuclear holocaust.
The only physical embodiment of Skynet in an onscreenTerminatorproject has so far been Matt Smith’s Alex fromTerminator Genisys.
Either way, Skynet turns against humanity in every version of the story.
It then proceeds to fire U.S. nuclear weapons against other countries, which then launch their own in retaliation.
In other words, Skynets origin story in the first two movies is a paradox.
By sending the T-800 to kill Sarah Connor, Skynet was also making sure it would exist.
This is one of the fundamentalTerminatorparadoxes, the other being Kyle Reeses mission.
However, in T2, the heroes prevent Judgment Day from happening or at least they thought so.
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Skynet goes online on July 25th, 2004, and launches a nuclear attack an hour later.
InTerminator Salvation, we visit the post-apocalyptic world where John Connors Resistance is fighting Skynet.
Malcolm did not give this new A.I.
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an original mission, allowing it to decide for itself what it would want to be.
He completed his creation in the past, and by 1997, Kokoro was ready to be launched.
Created by humans, Skynet is an enhanced version of humankinds worst traits.
The Terminator franchise, launched by James Cameron in 1984, explores a dystopian future where intelligent machines wage war against humanity. The relentless pursuit of key human figures by time-traveling cyborg assassins known as Terminators is central to the narrative. John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is the core target of the malicious machines.
So far, the onlyTerminatortimeline in which Skynet was fully defeated isDark Fates.
Even still, a different A.I.
replaced Skynets role in history.
The relentless pursuit of key human figures by time-traveling cyborg assassins known as Terminators is central to the narrative.
John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is the core target of the malicious machines.
The series explores themes of fate, artificial intelligence, and the moral implications of technological advancement.
