Skynet: What If It Isn't Fiction

Time to don my tinfoil hat... I watched a video earlier that got me to thinking (dangerous I know)

By Ron Johnson... Posted for your perusal

The conclusion that Mr. Johnson draws is that the Skynet Conspiracy is real and upon us... it's also the topic of a Wired Magazine article (see link below). Given that all good conspiracies contain an element of truth, there may just be something to all of this.

Now I'm the first to admit that I didn't see all of the Terminator series (I did watch one... the one with the chick and the kid, I think)... so I'm certainly not an expert. However, given what I do know about how governments function, it's not outside the realm of possibility. Not having seen Skynet myself, for this too, I had to turn to an outside source. (see link)

In James Cameron's fictional story, Cyberdyne (suspiciously like DynCorp) develops a defense network for SAC-NORAD (Strategic Air Command- North American Air Defense) that in turn turns on its creators and the public in general. The defense system, besides being programmed for air defense, also contains humanoid anti-personnel robots. Cameron, as in the other episodes of the Terminator series, gives the "robots" AI (Artificial Intelligence). However, the whole scenario begs the question, is this life imitating art, or art imitating life? I'm certainly not suggesting that the government is developing AI bearing Terminators to fight its battles. What I am suggesting is that it's entirely possible to develop battle-ready androids devoid of AI... remote controlled "battle-bots" if you will.

Another thing not outside the realm of possibility (even probability) is a corporate-run government would turn the military against its own citizens. We've witnessed it throughout history and it's happening in the US right now with police forces across the country. Police academies typically train recruits to adopt an "us against them" mentality. Oathkeepers is a group inside the military and police determined to enforce the Constitution AGAINST a coercive government. What better way to counteract such seditious behavior than the use of robotics... all controlled from an undisclosed, centralized location?

Now, I didn't see the movie, as I said before, so I'm not positive how these things operate... but is seems entirely plausible that a centralized location may be unnecessary. These bots could be distributed throughout the country in places predetermined to be "hot spots." We do know that the NSA has satellites that monitor all electronic transmissions and respond to key words and phrases. How difficult would it be to implant a chip in the bots that are programmed in sync with the satellites to pick up transmissions and locate the source through the GPS implanted in each. The bot then responds to the location to "neutralize" the perceived threat.

There's no doubt in my mind that the government would use violence against its own populace, nor would it shrink from employing whatever technology is available to do so. So the only real question is whether the technology is real, or merely science fiction. Surely if it were a real threat... CNN would have told us!

https://www.wired.com/2015/05/nsa-actual-skynet-program/
http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Skynet