"Well, Judgment Day isn't necessarily inevitable, only the advancement of AI is.

Cameron, in your fan fiction (and hopefully in T:SCC's upcoming seasons as well!) is the synthesis of AI and humanity. I don't see it as being at all like the "Matrix". Rather, it seems Skynet ought to be replaced by a benevolent and heroic AI, based on Cameron.

Here's one possibility: suppose that once Cameron's reaches her full potential, becoming truly human, she allows John to copy her neural state through the CPU interface system. John and Cameron proceed, using the data, to reverse engineer Cameron's chip with her neural state, which is that of a true human. An alternative to Skynet, based on Cameron's AI, is subsequently built by Cameron and John working together. Here, instead of trying to destroy AI technology, Cameron and John decide to redirect and control its future development.

The resulting "Cameron-NET" that comes on line becomes the dominant AI. Any stupid attempts by a future "Skynet" to destroy humanity would result in violent and supremely lethal resistance from the original Cameron, from John Connor, and from the Cameron-based AIs that they create as a preventive barrier against the malicious Skynet AI. Indeed, Cameron-NET, in her desire to protect humanity (she is, after all, human herself!) will seek the extermination of any and all other AIs she perceives as a threat to humanity. Now it will be Skynet's turn to face a deadly, ultra-powerful AI enemy that has already decided its fate: extermination. The tables end up being turned...

Just my 2 cents...

T-888"