If you are a Generation Xer, or maybe even an older millennial, your perception of a possible artificial intelligence apocalypse is most likely defined by the Terminator movies. 

In the first of many possible timelines, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reprogrammed protector T-800 tells Sarah Connor that Skynet became self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 29, 1997, and began removing human control over the nation’s strategic defense systems. It then instigates a nuclear exchange with Russia, delivering Judgement Day.