According to my calculations, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton have delayed the war by at least 50 years by defeating the T-1000 in the second movie.
I think the original timeframe was 1997 so we should have until at least 2047 before skynet goes live.
I should be either dead by then or a ripe old age of 74. Either way, I dont think Ill be turned into a coppertop battery by Agent Smith and his cohorts because the bioelectrical usefulness of a 74 year old is probably significantly lessoned and not an efficient use of their Matrix pods.
I think I need to underscore the need for education after that point. This is the key to keeping us safe from the AI threat.
We need to keep our kids in school.
You see, If Mathew Broderick never would’ve taken his day off, he wouldnt have had time to hack into the Government computer and potentially set off world war III with their AI.