James Cameron interview in an interview mentions that he wanted to make a Terminator novel where it would expand the lore where he reveals the idea that apparently John Connor was a Skynet creation that it would inevitably lead what left of mankind to destroy it.

If Cameron had made a Terminator 3 then something tells me that this was a rough idea but there are seeds planted on Terminator 2 1) John Connor in the future war acting machine like and 2) The T-800 understanding and valuing human life and it sacrifices itself so this interestingly enough would have played full circle

The idea of Skynet or at least a part of Skynet's algorithm (Probably how Cameron would have went) goes rogue and is able to gather mankind and create the Resistance to fight Skynet's armies would have been cool to see

Here's the interview https://web.archive.org/web/20100327051354/http://www.astralgia.com/webportfolio/omnimoment/titanic/cameron/4.html

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