Skynet: stupidest A.I. ever?

[StarTrek1701]

What is Skynet going to do once it kills all humans anyway?

I mean, if its goal is to kill all humans, what's left after they are all killed? What will Skynet do then?

Again whether Skynet intends to kill all humans depends on the author.

Spoiler: KILL ALL HUMANS?

In some continuities Skynet doesn't want to kill all humans. Instead Skynet is killing off the majority of humans so that a small few can survive and thrive directly under its control and influence - the Custodian in TNG Season 1 is a similar example. In some Skynet wants to eradicate all humans and life on Earth and begins to terraform it once humanity has been lost (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines). Then in some series Skynet destroys humanity and then launches an invasion of other planets.

But are they.. canon?

 

[nx1701g]

^ Actually yes. A character designed specifically for the novels has been added to the upcoming film: Serena Burns (played by Helena Carter).

 

[A Clockwork Lim]

Considering how often Skynet and the Resistance change the future, usually on a whim, it's easy to have all of those continuities be accurate. They're just different futures.

 

[nx1701g]

^ Good point. We do, after all, have a continuity where John Connor was born a girl.

 

[Admiral2]

The M-5 computer blew up a bunch of starships because it had "issues".

Hal tried to kill Dave Bowman by locking the door.

Viki never thought to have one of the billion robots she controlled weld some metal plate over the access to her positronic brain before Will Smith shoved the virus into it.

Eagle Eye thought a single mom was the perfect assassin when she needed to off Shia LaBoeuf.

So, not the stupidest, but right up there.

 

[broberfett]

^ Good point. We do, after all, have a continuity where John Connor was born a girl.

Was he born that way or did he go tranny?

 

[Brent]

^ Good point. We do, after all, have a continuity where John Connor was born a girl.

Was she hot?

 

[nx1701g]

^ I don't recall them ever showing her except for as a baby in Sarah's arms. However, interestingly, Jane Connor is the only version to actually defeat Skynet in the different continuities. Skynet was destroyed completely because it was weaker in her reality.

Also, perhaps most important, Skynet never develops Temporal Transporter Technology.

 

[God Magnus]

^ Good point. We do, after all, have a continuity where John Connor was born a girl.

And one of my personal favorites, the one with Robocop! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_vs._The_Terminator

 

[StarTrek1701]

The M-5 computer blew up a bunch of starships because it had "issues".

Hal tried to kill Dave Bowman by locking the door.

Viki never thought to have one of the billion robots she controlled weld some metal plate over the access to her positronic brain before Will Smith shoved the virus into it.

Eagle Eye thought a single mom was the perfect assassin when she needed to off Shia LaBoeuf.

So, not the stupidest, but right up there.

Considering none of them tried to research and create a temporal displacement unit to off the leader of mankind in the past rather than create invisible drones to take the resistance out, I'd say Skynet is stupider than all those A.I's combined.

 

[nx1701g]

^ Skynet had invisible drones. They were ineffective.

 

[StarTrek1701]

^ Skynet had invisible drones. They were ineffective.

Case in point.