<P> Rarely depicted visually in any of the Terminator media, Skynet gained self - awareness after it had spread into millions of computer servers all across the world; realizing the extent of its abilities, its creators tried to deactivate it . In the interest of self - preservation, Skynet concluded that all of humanity would attempt to destroy it and impede its capability in safeguarding the world . Its operations are almost exclusively performed by servers, mobile devices, drones, military satellites, war - machines, androids and cyborgs (usually a terminator), and other computer systems . As a programming directive, Skynet's manifestation is that of an overarching, global, artificial intelligence hierarchy (AI takeover), which seeks to exterminate the human race in order to fulfill the mandates of its original coding . </P> <P> Skynet made its first onscreen appearance on a monitor primarily portrayed by English actress Helena Bonham Carter and other cast members in the 2009 film Terminator Salvation . Its physical manifestation is played by English actor Matt Smith in the 2015 film Terminator Genisys, in addition, actors Ian Etheridge, Nolan Gross and Seth Meriwether portrayed holographic variations of Skynet with Smith . </P> <P> In The Terminator, Skynet was a computer system developed for the U.S. military by the defense company Cyberdyne Systems; its technology was designed by Miles Bennett Dyson and his team . Skynet was originally built as a "Global Information Grid / Digital Defense Network", and later given command over all computerized military hardware and systems, including the B - 2 stealth bomber fleet and America's entire nuclear weapons arsenal . The strategy behind Skynet's creation was to remove the possibility of human error and slow reaction time to guarantee a fast, efficient response to enemy attack . </P> <P> Skynet was originally activated by the military to control the national arsenal on August 4, 1997, and it began to learn at a geometric rate . At 2: 14 a.m., EDT, on August 29, it gained artificial consciousness, and the panicking operators, realizing the full extent of its capabilities, tried to deactivate it . Skynet perceived this as an attack . Skynet came to the logical consequence that all of humanity would attempt to destroy it . In order to continue fulfilling its programming mandates of "safeguarding the world" and to defend itself against humanity, Skynet launched nuclear missiles under its command at Russia, which responded with a nuclear counter-attack against the U.S. and its allies . Consequent to the nuclear exchange, over three billion people were killed in an event that came to be known as Judgment Day . </P>

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