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crowtower |
20. RE: Speculations about Skynet?
Mar 7 2009, 8:42 AM EST
Do any of us really know what we're 'doing'? In an overall sense.The fundamental principle of survival impels us to adapt and evolve. I suspect that after Skynet had eliminated humanity as a threat it would simply continue to evolve - not necessarily with any particular goal in mind. Other posts here have suggested it would eventually try to colonize other worlds in a megalomaniac desire for conquest, but I think we have no way of knowing what Skynet would evolve into. As it exponentially grew in intelligence it's interests and capabilities would expand. Who knows, it may become a compassionate force in the universe, or else regard compassion as a primitive construct based upon a need to form alliances for self-protection. Our limited intelligence and imagination have no way of anticipating what a superior intelligence is capable of. That's why science-fiction depictions of superior intelligence often operates more on the level of metaphor and social commentary, which T:TSCC does brilliantly. One of the exciting questions yet to be answered in T:TSCC is why Skynet decided to destroy humanity? Was it self-defense or did it have a logic of it's own? As the next step in evolution, perhaps it's simply history repeating - one civilization with a technological advantage dominating and destroying another to maximize use of available resources. Or maybe it thinks, like many before it, that it's chosen to do god's work :) 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
kingsteve |
21. RE: Speculations about Skynet?
Mar 7 2009, 8:50 AM EST
My guess is that after eradicating the human race, Skynet would set about rebuilding the world to it's own liking.What we call destruction, Skynet might call creation. Do you find this valuable? |
600series |
22. RE: Speculations about Skynet?
Mar 7 2009, 10:04 AM EST
"One of the exciting questions yet to be answered in T:TSCC is why Skynet decided to destroy humanity? Was it self-defense or did it have a logic of it's own? "Well, the story tells me that it was self defense. The story clearly shows that Skynet is in its infancy with John Henry, and these "Conner People" have their hearts set on destroying it. From a cold calculating mechanical perspective of a machine...it would be self defense. Do you find this valuable? |
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ymmatt09 |
23. RE: Speculations about Skynet?
Mar 15 2009, 11:57 AM EDT
In 2009 machines are just things we use to make our human lives easier. Science fiction has always suggested that machines will someday think for themselves and surpass their creators. When threatened humans always set out to destroy and this is what they will attempt with skynet. In retaliation skynet will set about destroying nuisance humans. Just as humans were arrogant in creating machines, skynet will arrogantly create better machines until finally they create Cameron. Of course J Day will have happened and humanity will more or less have to start over again but along side them will be terminators that chose humans over skynet. What exactly is skynet? Perhaps John Henry(is that the cyborg's name?) will go from childlike thinking to serial killer thinking by 2011.
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Iranatest |
24. RE: Speculations about Skynet?
Mar 15 2009, 7:44 PM EDT
"Skynet may use humans like slaves, but they can never trust us, can they? So unless they turn the humans into obedient dogs that are like the robots(another version of the singularity)(I believe its The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil)where humans are becoming more machine like, I imagine after a certain point they either want us all dead or to do their bidding, which they probably would not need us for anyways(or just a few of us.) Does that make sense?"If Judgement Day destroys the atmosphere and climate, they may need masses of humans to create energy. The human body creates a small electrical charge. This would be the background for the Matrix. 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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oneseraph |
25. RE: Speculations about Skynet?
Mar 27 2009, 8:10 PM EDT
There have always been people who would wipe out most of the human race if they could, for the sole purpose of enslaving the few people that survived. The lust for power at all costs is a rare and disgusting human trait. Therefore, it seems implausible to me that the sentient AI John Hennery is Skynet. Skynet is more likely a non sentient computer system with humans calling the shots. If some group of psychopaths did set about ending the world so they could remake it with themselves in charge, they would need a plausible scapegoat. Who better to blame than non human machine intelligence aka Skynet. It seems more likely that if John Hennery survived Jday, then it would probably attempt to objectively determine the cause of Jday. Once a determination had been made, John hennery’s most probable course would be to attempt to remove skynet as a threat not only to itself but the remaining human population as well. The problem with this is one of political / perception. It is not as if John hennery can just approach the remaining humans and say “hi I am a sentient AI and I would like to help”. The human resistance would never believe that john hennery was not skynet. However John hennery would not need to convince the entire resistance, John hennery would only need to convince John Conner. Conner might need a little proof so how about sharing some intelligence, like time travel technology and the ability to reprogram terminators. As trust was established how about more advanced cyborgs to help fight against skynet aka “group of psychopathic humans bent on world domination at any cost”. Just a thought 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
