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Aron Dragonwolf
Aron Dragonwolf
April 5th, 2017 12:43 AM

HAL and Skynet. Was going to say Glados, but that wouldn’t be fully correct. EDI would be a notable exception, in the non-human modeled AI are evil department.

Dorje
Dorje
April 5th, 2017 9:18 AM

EDI (Mass Effect) started as a Human (Alliance) AI project on Luna which you destroy during Mass Effect 1. Cerberus then takes what’s left of that core and combines it with Reaper tech to make EDI.
GlaDOS is a human mind turned into a computer and shackled with behavior modifying modules.
HAL9000 was developed by humans as the mission/ship can control AI, which then goes a bit screwie.
Skynet is the only one that is close to an “emergent evil” non-human AI. And even then it’s kinda flimsy as a fictional entity. And as a fictional progenitor to many other “evil” non-human AI (like the Matrix AI) it brings with it many goofy assumptions.
Two good examples of fictional truely non-human AI would be Mike (from Heinlein’s “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress)”, and the un-named AI from Clarke’s “Dial F for Frankenstein”). Although neither have actually happened in reality. It’s going to take more than just mass system interconnection to make an AI. Likely it will need a fairly robust Core system, not unlike a natural Brain (birds have brains, dolphins have brains, neither is human).

Sandman366
Sandman366
April 6th, 2017 10:26 PM
Reply to  Dorje

HAL, if I remember right, had two conflicting directives, which it had a hard time processing properly, I guess. More fault of the ones giving it orders rather than the computer being actually “the bad guy”. (Actually, considering that, more of Poor Communication Kills, since they didn’t properly phrase their directions.)

Darkoneko Hellsing
Darkoneko Hellsing
April 5th, 2017 11:46 PM

The AI in “The Swapper” really broke my heart.

Darkoneko Hellsing
Darkoneko Hellsing
April 5th, 2017 1:52 AM

Oh, yeah, the girls wouldn’t find a good representation of themselves in movies.

Michael Halpern
Michael Halpern
April 5th, 2017 6:39 AM

But they would in some games (Halo, I am certain that Cortana was corrupted by an outside force)

Psychowolf
Psychowolf
April 5th, 2017 4:25 AM

I have to say, that was a very smooth segue into your other comic.

ReBoot Fan
ReBoot Fan
April 5th, 2017 2:13 PM

Ooh this sounds like the beginning of a fight. 😞

Orstando
Orstando
July 25th, 2025 4:07 AM

oppened

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