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- proper noun A fictional distributed
artificial intelligence system that is aware of the physical world and can act through robots and computer control systems.
Etymologies
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Skynet is a family of military satellites, now operated by Paradigm Secure Communications on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, which provide strategic communication services to the three branches of the British Armed Forces and to NATO forces engaged on coalition tasks. cialis Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Spitzer: Let’s Condemn the Human Race to Slavery and Extinction 2009
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Cameron appears to be one of only two AIs to break the strict programming of either humans or Skynet – Skynet is the other.
Matthew Yglesias » Spitzer: Let’s Condemn the Human Race to Slavery and Extinction 2009
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So Skynet is already thinking ahead, or, er … behind … whatever.
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Skynet is preventing the future John Connor (Christian Bale) from reprogramming the Terminators for which he was using to his advantage.
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I mentioned it here there other day in scotts Skynet is REAL! comments.
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It's my personal belief that Skynet is going to become self-aware and destroy humanity not via Twitter, Facebook, and iPhone, but by slowly taking over the film industry until every film is a "Terminator" film.
‘Terminator: Salvation’ Sequel Becomes Self-Aware » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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Let's look at how things have played out here: Skynet is ultimately defeated by a waitress, a juvenile delinquent, and a wisecracking bodybuilder, all of whom use the brilliant, subtle, brainy technique of shooting the bad guy repeatedly until he eventually falls over.
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The second episode followed Sarah, Cameron and Derek at a nuclear power-plant undercover trying to stop a plot which isn't all that clear that Skynet is trying to accomplish.
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You just don't like it that Skynet is smart enough to work around those little problems!
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Skynet is far to advanced to be anything from Microsoft.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - What OS Does SkyNet Use? 2008
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