"Let me go more into it... Do you think Cameron is going to learn feelings as a human or is she just going to be a feelingness machine forever. Would John possibly give his life to save her or mabey Cameron give hers to save Sarah cause she "cares" for John? "

"It's sentient. In other words, self-aware. Perhaps a good movie to illustrate the differences in a machine collective consciousness and man's is seen in Colossus: The Forbin Project.

Skynet is a sentient being. Hence, it is motivated by the simple logical idea of wanting to exist. It started the war only when men tried to pull the plug on it. Hence, men are threats. Does it feel fear of men? I doubt it in the sense we feel fear. My point being is that, as much as a computer logic can allow, it definately does not "like" men.

All the terms we use for Skynet are in human context. I think it would be almost better to think of it as an alien intelligence. It is aware of it's own existence and it's own sentient being. That makes it dangerous and at the same time, I doubt it feels happiness/etc. I am trying to say, for as much as we humans can understand, it would reflect the behaviour that it doesn't like the idea of being terminated. That's all. Nothing more. It has purpose, to exist and be it's own master.

I think some are selling Skynet short. This is a good conversation. Some good points Xenomorphine.

Geeky
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"This points remembers me to suggest everyone to view ALL the deleted scenes of the first two movies, because, after so many years, they're considered part of them, part of the background we're supposed to have."

"My favorite deleted scene from T2 is the ending scene where Sarah is old and John is a successful politician. It indicates that they succeeded in preventing Judgment Day -- Judgment Day was not inevitable."

"Do they have the capacity to develop emotions? Possibly, but very doubtful, because that's just not how their architecture is designed."