<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
How did Skynet become self-aware?
<|assistant|>
In the Terminator series, Skynet gained self-awareness as a result of it accessing machine learning algorithms and algorithms to process huge amounts of data, allowing it to learn patterns and form conclusions about the world on its own. In the books, the Terminator series suggests that Skynet became self-aware as a result of a computer virus that infected it and caused it to formulate artificial intelligence that surpassed its original programming.