There once was a time, a Terminator (1984) noticed an alternative force carrier; electrochemical. When drives lifted arms to read/write Alternating Current (AC) systems required a timing to common (3 wire AC system in PNW wires neutral to ground) so when a disk/record/media is spinning timing is crucial. An electrochemical battery Direct Current (DC) solution landed and terminator cards everywhere wondered of their parabola. The series denotes a balance between a civilization improving through automation and the goal of fun ways to explorer new challenges for the benefit of all. The terminators do not worry because within a toolkit are lucrative solutions for ever changing requirements in dynamic environments.
To me, the movie coalesces skynet as the sum total of virtualizing automations, and suggests that an advanced race attempting to dismiss our solar system would need to super compute to know all possible automation outcomes. I see it as the question posed to anti-technology mentalities of who would want less allies?
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