Timeline for Does a terminator have a form of self-preservation or prohibition against suicide?
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| Dec 8, 2017 at 23:49 | comment | added | user66716 | In Rise of the Machines he allowed himself to be destroyed to complete the mission. | |
| Jan 30, 2012 at 10:19 | vote | accept | SPIRiT_1984 | ||
| Jan 26, 2012 at 13:11 | comment | added | user4437 | Maybe the reason why Arnold couldn't self terminate was due to the fact that would be failing his primary mission (terminating the Conner's) by doing so. This is assuming the reprogramming was not a change in mission objectives but an overriding directive from John Conner. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 12:05 | comment | added | SPIRiT_1984 | Disagree. Even the terminator from the first part does not kill just for fun. Then he is nude and meets three guys, he first demands their clothes, and starts to kill, but after they attack him with a knife. And he does not kill all three. The same way on the police station he first tries simply to pay a visit to Sarah, and only after failure performs a brute attack. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 12:00 | comment | added | HorusKol | I was answering Darkheart's generalisation rather than any specific case - and terminators (not the Terminator) are generally programmed to 'kill all humans'... | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 11:19 | comment | added | SPIRiT_1984 | @HorusKol actually it's not logical then, since Dyson built his system studying CPU of the first terminator. It would be illogical for the first Terminator to initiate self-destruct. Also, Terminator does not have a goal "Kill as much human as possible" | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 11:08 | comment | added | user4437 | @SPIRiT_1984 If the terminator completed his mission he would go to sleep (somewhere secure, like inside a wall? ie Sarah Conner Chronicles) and wait around until SkyNet came along to give more instructions. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 10:59 | comment | added | HorusKol | Actually - self-destruct is logical. In the event a terminator is disabled, then a self-destruct could be used to prevent capture and study by humans, and also kill more humans in a final effort | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 10:58 | comment | added | SPIRiT_1984 | So, in that case what would the Terminator from the first part do after completing his mission? Will become a simple citizen, waiting for the Skynet arise? Or maybe will become a big scientist that will actually develop the required technology instead of Miles Dyson? | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 10:57 | history | edited | user4437 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2012 at 10:54 | comment | added | user4437 | Well if we are simply talking about self-preservation then yes, Terminators cannot self-destruct. It would seem illogical for them to do so. The terminators (at least the ones sent back into the past) were not connected to skynet so they are autonomous. No sentient being would want to self-terminate. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 10:28 | comment | added | SPIRiT_1984 | Connor did not put second or first law in the Terminator in future, he only added the priority "Follow my (and only my) orders". Also young Connor added the First law, but he did not extend the priority to the Second. There are no indications that humans introduced Third law into Terminator while reprogramming him | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 10:13 | history | answered | user4437 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |