Skynet is an interesting example to choose -- I know it's the premise of the movie, but is there really any evidence in the Terminator franchise that the AI is

Skynet is an interesting example to choose -- I know it's the premise of the movie, but is there really any evidence in the Terminator franchise that the AI is actually conscious? It sure seems to make a lot of "robotic" decisions, self-preservation notwithstanding. That is, the premise is mostly "machine wants to kill humans to keep itself alive"; but I do not know if "wants to keep itself alive" is a sufficient condition for consciousness. It certainly doesn't seem to be smart enough to consider that if it wasn't trying to kill all the humans, they might not want to turn it off in the first place. Skynet really seems more like an out of control paperclip maker than a truly conscious AI.