>"originally Skynet became self aware…"
I was involved in the construction of a fully automated house (in mid 90's!) for a man named Fred Baker. On his Facebook page "about" section he listed his nickname as ''Skynet''.
Don't know who, or never heard of Fred?
You should… he probably is Skynet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Baker_(IETF_chair)