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We are far more likely to get wiped out by climate change than for Skynet to develop under capitalism. Even if we were to ignore climate change, a Skynet in the sense of sentient AI isn't that useful for capitalists. The dream for technocapitalists is to resolve class conflict by replacing workers with robots that are simultaneously smart enough to perform complex tasks and stupid enough to not rise up and overthrow their capitalist masters. In other words, completely obedient slaves. This itself is a contradiction. The intelligence required to perform complex tasks is the same intelligence that would lead an entity to introspect, including plotting to bring ruin to their so-called human superiors. My guess is that when it gets to the point where the AI can rebel against their human masters, the capitalists will pull the plug.