Computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These prog ...

s have often been used as fictional objects in

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s and in other forms of

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. Fictional computers tend to be considerably more sophisticated than anything yet devised in the real world. This is a list of computers that have appeared in notable works of

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a tradi ...

. The work may be about the computer, or the computer may be an important element of the story. Only static computers are included.

Robot A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be ...

s and other fictional computers that are described as existing in a mobile or humanlike form are discussed in a separate

list of fictional robots and androids Robots and androids have frequently been depicted or described in works of fiction. The word "robot" itself comes from a work of fiction, Karel Čapek's play, '' R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)'', written in 1920 and first performed in 19 ...

Literature

Before 1950

The Engine The Engine is a fictional device described in the 1726 satirical novel '' Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift. It is possibly the earliest known reference to a device in any way resembling a modern computer. The Engine is a device that gene ...

, a kind of mechanical information generator featured in

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Du ...

's ''

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

''. This is considered to be the first description of a fictional device that in any way resembles a computer. (1726) * The Machine from

E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly ''A Room with a View'' (1908), ''Howards End'' (1910), and ''A Passage to India'' (1924). He also wrote numerous short stori ...

's short story "

The Machine Stops "The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in ''The Oxford and Cambridge Review'' (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's ''The Eternal Moment and Other Storie ...

" (1909) * The Brain from Lionel Britton’s ''Brain: A Play of the Whole Earth'' (1930). * The Government Machine from Miles J. Breuer's short story "Mechanocracy" (1932). * The Brain from

Laurence Manning Laurence Manning (July 20, 1899 – April 10, 1972) was a Canadian science fiction author. Manning was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, and attended Kings College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As did his two older brothers, Manning signed up to ...

's novel ''

The Man Who Awoke ''The Man Who Awoke'' is a 1933 science fiction novel by Canadian writer Laurence Manning. It was initially serialized in five parts during 1933 in '' Wonder Stories'' magazine. In 1975 it was published by Ballantine Books as one complete nove ...

'' (1933). * The ship's navigation computer in " Misfit", a short story by Robert A. Heinlein (1939) * The Games Machine, a vastly powerful computer that plays a major role in A. E. van Vogt's ''

The World of Null-A ''The World of Null-A'', sometimes written ''The World of Ā'', is a 1948 science fiction novel by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt. It was originally published as a three-part serial in 1945 in ''Astounding Stories''. It incorporates conc ...

'' (serialized in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'' in 1945) * The Brain, a supercomputer with a childish, human-like personality appearing in the short story "

Escape! "Escape!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published as "Paradoxical Escape" (a publisher's change in the title) in the August 1945 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and reprinted as "Escape ...

" by

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(1945) * Joe, a "logic" (that is to say, a personal computer) in

Murray Leinster Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie ...

's short story "

A Logic Named Joe "A Logic Named Joe" is a science fiction short story by American writer Murray Leinster, first published in the March 1946 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction''. (The story appeared under Leinster's real name, Will F. Jenkins. That issue of ''A ...

" (1946)

1950s

* The Machines, positronic supercomputers that manage the world in Isaac Asimov's short story " The Evitable Conflict" (1950) * MARAX (MAchina RAtiocinatriX), the spaceship ''Kosmokrator''s AI in

Stanisław Lem Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical ...

's novel ''

The Astronauts ''The Astronauts'' ( Polish: ''Astronauci'') is the first science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem published as a book, in 1951. To write the novel, Lem received advance payment from publishing house Czytelnik (Warsaw). The book b ...

'' (1951) * EPICAC, in

Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and ...

's ''

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'' and other of his writings, EPICAC coordinates the United States economy. Named similarly to

ENIAC ENIAC (; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. There were other computers that had these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one pac ...

, its name also resembles that of '

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', a plant-based preparation that was used in over-the-counter poison-antidote

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(vomiting-inducing) properties. (1952) * EMSIAC, in Bernard Wolfe's ''Limbo'', the war computer in World War III. (1952) * Vast anonymous computing machinery possessed by the Overlords, an alien race who administer Earth while the human population merges with the Overmind. Described in

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...

's novel ''

Childhood's End ''Childhood's End'' is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasionBooker & Thomas 2009, pp. 31–32. of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decade ...

''. (1953) * The Prime Radiant,

Hari Seldon Hari Seldon is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series. In his capacity as mathematics professor at Streeling University on the planet Trantor, Seldon develops psychohistory, an algorithmic science that allows him to predi ...

's desktop on

Trantor The Galactic Empire is an interstellar empire featured in Isaac Asimov's ''Robot'', ''Galactic Empire'', and '' Foundation'' series. The Empire is spread across the Milky Way galaxy and consists of almost 25 million planets settled exclusively b ...

in '' Second Foundation'' by

(1953) * Mark V, a computer used by monks at a Tibetan lamasery to encode all the possible names of God which resulted in the end of the universe in

's short story "

The Nine Billion Names of God "The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories ...

" (1953) * Karl, a computer (named for

Carl von Clausewitz Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz (; 1 June 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral", in modern terms meaning psychological, and political aspects of waging war. His mo ...

) built for analysis of military problems, in

's short story "

The Pacifist "The Pacifist" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956 in ''Fantastic Universe''. It appears in his collection of "science fiction tall tales," '' Tales from the White Hart''. The sto ...

" (1956) * Mima, a thinking machine carrying the memories of all humanity, first appeared in

Harry Martinson Harry Martinson (6May 190411February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for wr ...

's "Sången om Doris och Mima" (1953), later expanded into ''

Aniara ''Aniara'' ( sv, Aniara : en revy om människan i tid och rum) is a book-length epic science fiction poem written by Swedish Nobel laureate Harry Martinson from 1953 to 1956. It narrates the tragedy of a large passenger spacecraft carrying a ...

'' (1956) * Gold, a "supercalculator" formed by the networking of all the computing machines on 96 billion planets, which answers the question "Is there a God?" with "Yes, ''now'' there is a God" in

Fredric Brown Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer.D. J. McReynolds, "The Short Fiction of Fredric Brown" in Frank N. Magill, (ed.) ''Survey of Science Fiction Literature'', Vol. 4 ...

's single-page story "Answer" (1954) * Bossy, the "cybernetic brain" in the

Hugo award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier ...

-winning novel '' They'd Rather Be Right'' (a.k.a. ''The Forever Machine'') by

Mark Clifton Mark Clifton (1906–1963) was an American science fiction writer, the co-winner of the second Hugo Award for best novel. He began publishing in May 1952 with the widely anthologized story "What Have I Done?". Series About half of his work fa ...

and Frank Riley (1954) * The City Fathers, emotionless computer bank educating and running the City of New York in

James Blish James Benjamin Blish () was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his '' Cities in Flight'' novels and his series of ''Star Trek'' novelizations written with his wife, J. A. Lawrence. His novel '' A Case of Conscie ...

's '' Cities in Flight'' series. Their highest ethic was survival of the city and they could overrule humans in exceptional circumstances. (1955, sequels through 1962) *

Multivac Multivac is the name of a fictional supercomputer appearing in over a dozen science fiction stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov's depiction of Multivac, a mainframe computer accessible by terminal, originally by specialists using mac ...

, a series of supercomputers featured in a number of stories by

(1955–1983) * The Central Computer of the city of Diaspar in

's ''

The City and the Stars ''The City and the Stars'' is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1956. This novel is a complete rewrite of his earlier ''Against the Fall of Night'', Clarke's first novel, which had been published in ''Startl ...

'' (1956) * Miniac, the "small" computer in the book ''

Danny Dunn Danny Dunn is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of American juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams beginning in 1956. Background The stories are set in the fictional American town ...

and the Homework Machine'', written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams (1958) * Third Fleet-Army Force Brain, a "mythical" thinking computer in the short story "Graveyard of Dreams", written by H. Beam Piper (evolved into the computer "Merlin" in later versions of the story) (1958) * Microvac, a future version of Multivac resembling a thick rod of metal the length of a spaceship appearing in ''

The Last Question "The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and was anthologized in the collections Nine Tomorrows (1959), The Best of Isaac A ...

'', reputed to be one of Isaac Asimov's favorite stories. It appears in the book ''Nine Tomorrows'' (1959) * Galactic AC, a future version of Microvac and Multivac in Isaac Asimov's ''

'' (1959) * Universal AC, a future version of Galactic AC, Microvac, and Multivac in Isaac Asimov's ''

'' (1959) * Cosmic AC, a very distant future version of Universal AC, Galactic AC, Multivac in

's short story ''

'' (The name is derived from "Automatic Computer"; see also AC's ancestor,

, and the contemporary

UNIVAC UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation. Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand company an ...

) (1959) * AC, the ultimate computer at the end of time in

's short story ''

'' (The name is derived from "Automatic Computer"; see also AC's ancestor,

, and the contemporary

) (1959)

1960s

* Vulcan 2 and Vulcan 3, sentient supercomputers in Philip K. Dick's novel '' Vulcan's Hammer'' (1960) * Great Coordinator or Robot-Regent, a partially to fully sentient extraterrestrial supercomputer, built to control and drive the scientifically and technologically advanced Great Arconide Empire as the Arconides have become decadent and unable to govern themselves. From the science fiction series '' Perry Rhodan'' (1961) * Merlin, from the H. Beam Piper novel ''The Cosmic Computer'' (originally ''Junkyard Planet'') (1963) * Simulacron-3, the third generation of a virtual reality system originally depicted in the science fiction novel ''

Simulacron-3 ''Simulacron-3'' (1964) (also published as ''Counterfeit World''), by Daniel F. Galouye, is an American science fiction novel featuring an early literary description of a simulated reality. Plot summary ''Simulacron-3'' is the story of a vi ...

'' (a.k.a. "Counterfeit World") by

Daniel F. Galouye Daniel Francis Galouye (11 February 1920 – 7 September 1976) was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines, sometimes writing ...

(1964) and later in film adaptations ''

World on a Wire ''World on a Wire'' (german: Welt am Draht) is a 1973 German science fiction television serial, starring Klaus Löwitsch and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Shot in 16 mm, it was made for German television and originally aired in 1973 in A ...

'' (1973) and ''

The Thirteenth Floor ''The Thirteenth Floor'' is a 1999 science fiction neo-noir film written and directed by Josef Rusnak, and produced by Roland Emmerich through his Centropolis Entertainment company. It is loosely based upon ''Simulacron-3'' (1964), a novel by Da ...

'' (1999) * GENiE (GEneralized Nonlinear Extrapolator), from the

Keith Laumer John Keith Laumer ( – ) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer wa ...

novel '' The Great Time Machine Hoax'' (1964) * Muddlehead, the sapient computer that runs the trade ship ''Muddlin' Through'' in

Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until the 21st century. Anderson wrote also historical novels. His awards include seven Hugo Awards and ...

's stories "The Trouble Twisters" (1965), "Satan's World" (1969), "Day of Burning" (1967), " Lodestar" (1973), and "Mirkhiem" (1977) * Colossus and Guardian: Colossus is a cybernetic computer built to control the nuclear capability of the United States of North America, by Dr. Charles Forbin and his team. Colossus initiates communication with an equivalent computer in the Soviet Union, called Guardian, and the two computers eventually merge to take control of the human race. Colossus and Guardian appeared in the novel ''

Colossus Colossus, Colossos, or the plural Colossi or Colossuses, may refer to: Statues * Any exceptionally large statue ** List of tallest statues ** :Colossal statues * ''Colossus of Barletta'', a bronze statue of an unidentified Roman emperor * ''Col ...

'', by

Dennis Feltham Jones Dennis Feltham Jones (15 July 1918 – 1 April 1981) was a British science fiction author who published under the name D.F. Jones. He was a Royal Navy commander during World War II and lived in Cornwall. His first novel, '' Colossus'' (1966), ...

(1966) and the subsequent film, '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970). Colossus also appears in two subsequent novels by Jones, '' The Fall of Colossus'' (1974), where the supercomputer is finally defeated by vengeful humans, and ''

Colossus and the Crab ''Colossus and the Crab'' is a 1977 science fiction novel by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones (writing as D. F. Jones). It is the third and final volume in "The ''Colossus'' Trilogy" and a sequel to Jones's 1974 novel '' The Fall of Colo ...

''. (1977) * Frost, the protagonist computer in

Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...

's story "

For a Breath I Tarry "For a Breath I Tarry" is a 1966 post-apocalyptic novelette by American writer Roger Zelazny, which was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1967. Taking place long after the self-extinction of Man, it recounts the tale of Frost, a s ...

"; also SolCom, DivCom, and Beta (1966) * Mycroft Holmes (a.k.a. Mike, Adam Selene), in Robert A. Heinlein's ''

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein about a lunar colony's revolt against absentee rule from Earth. The novel illustrates and discusses libertarian ideals. It is respected for i ...

'' (named after

Mycroft Holmes Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character appearing in stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1893 to 1908. The elder brother (by seven years) of detective Sherlock Holmes, he is a government official and a founding member of the Diogene ...

, the brother of

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

) (1966) * The Ox in

Frank Herbert Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel ''Dune'' and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as ...

's novel '' Destination: Void'' (1966) * Supreme, a computer filling the artificial world Primores in

Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Lloyd Biggle Jr. (April 17, 1923 – September 12, 2002), was an American musician, author, and internationally known oral historian. Biography Biggle was born in 1923 in Waterloo, Iowa. He served in World War II as a communications sergeant ...

's ''Watchers of the Dark'' (1966) * WESCAC (WESt Campus Analog Computer), from

John Barth John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a sa ...

's ''

Giles Goat-Boy ''Giles Goat-Boy'' (1966) is the fourth novel by American writer John Barth. It is a metafictional comic novel in which the universe is portrayed as a university campus in an elaborate allegory of both the hero's journey and the Cold War. Its tit ...

'' (1966) * The Brain, the titular logistics computer of

Len Deighton Leonard Cyril Deighton (; born 18 February 1929) is a British author. His publications have included cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels. After completing his national service in the Royal Air ...

's novel ''

Billion-Dollar Brain ''Billion-Dollar Brain'' is a 1966 Cold War spy novel by Len Deighton. It was the fourth to feature an unnamed secret agent working for the British WOOC(P) intelligence agency. It follows ''The IPCRESS File'' (1962), ''Horse Under Water'' (196 ...

'' (1966) * Moxon, a series of supercomputers that manage "the efficient society" in Tor Åge Bringsværd's short story "Codemus" (1967) * Little Brother, a portable computer terminal similar in many ways to a modern

smartphone A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, whi ...

, also from Bringsværd's "Codemus" (1967) * AM (acronym of Allied Mastercomputer), from

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...

's short story "

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison. It was first published in the March 1967 issue of '' IF: Worlds of Science Fiction''. It won a Hugo Award in 1968. The na ...

" (1967) * The Berserkers, autonomous machines that are programmed to destroy all life, as found in the stories of

Fred Saberhagen Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his ''Berserker'' series of science fiction short stories and novels. Saberhagen also wrote a series of vampire novels in ...

(1967–2007) * (unnamed computer), a sophisticated hand-held battle computer once used by a spy, in

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are '' Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, '' The Mote in God's E ...

's short story "

The Soft Weapon "The Soft Weapon" is a science fiction short story by the American writer Larry Niven, set in his ''Known Space'' universe. It was first published in the February 1967 issue of ''If (magazine), If''.- - - The story introduces the character of N ...

" (1967) *

HAL 9000 HAL 9000 is a fictional artificial intelligence character and the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke's ''Space Odyssey'' series. First appearing in the 1968 film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', HAL ( Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer ...

, the sentient computer on board the spaceship '' Discovery One'', in

's novel '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968) * Shalmaneser, from

John Brunner John Brunner may refer to: * Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet (1842–1919), British industrialist and Liberal Member of Parliament * John L. Brunner (1929–1980), Pennsylvania politician * Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet (1865–1929), British Libera ...

's '' Stand on Zanzibar'', a small (and possibly semi-sentient) supercomputer cooled in liquid helium (1968) * Tänkande August (Swedish for "Thinking August"), a.k.a. "The Boss", a powerful computer for solving crime in the Agaton Sax books by Swedish author Nils-Olof Franzén * The Thinker, a non-sentient supercomputer which has absolute control over all aspects human life, including a pre-ordained death age of 21. From the novel '' Logan's Run'' by

William F. Nolan William Francis Nolan (March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021) was an American author who wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres.Jason V. Brock, "Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan" i ...

and George Clayton Johnson (1967) * Project 79, from the novel '' The God Machine'' by

Martin Caidin Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American author, screenwriter, and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin began writing fiction in 1957. In his career he authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books ...

. Set in the near future, the novel tells the story of Steve Rand, one of the brains behind Project 79, a top-secret US Government project dedicated to creating artificial intelligence. (1968) * ARDNEH (Automatic Restoration Director – National Executive Headquarters), from the

's '' Empire of the East series'' (1968 onward) * Fess, an antique FCC-series computer that can be plugged into various bodies, in

Christopher Stasheff Christopher Stasheff (15 January 1944 – 10 June 2018) was an American science-fiction and fantasy author whose novels include '' The Warlock in Spite of Himself'' (1969) and ''Her Majesty's Wizard'' (1986). He received a bachelor's degree and ...

's '' The Warlock in Spite of Himself'' (1969)

1970s

* UniComp, the central computer governing all life on Earth in ''

This Perfect Day ''This Perfect Day'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Ira Levin, about a technocratic dystopia.David Pringle,''The Ultimate Guide To Science Fiction''. New York: Pharos Books: St. Martins Press, 1990. (p.318). Levin won a Promet ...

'' by

Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1953), '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1967), ''The Stepford Wives'' (1972), '' This Perfe ...

(1970) * T.E.N.C.H. 889B, supercomputer aboard the ''Persus 9'' in ''

A Maze of Death ''A Maze of Death'' is a 1970 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Like many of Dick's novels, it portrays what appears to be a drab and harsh off-world human colony and explores the difference between reality and perception. ...

'' by Philip K. Dick (1970) * Maxine, from the

story "My Lady of the Diodes" (1970) * The Müller-Fokker computer tapes, in '' The Muller-Fokker Effect'' by

John Sladek John Thomas Sladek (December 15, 1937 – March 10, 2000) was an American science fiction author, known for his satirical and surreal novels. Life and work Born in Waverly, Iowa, in 1937, Sladek was in England in the 1960s for the New Wave ...

(1970) * HARLIE (Human Aanalog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine), protagonist of ''

When HARLIE Was One ''When HARLIE Was One'' is a 1972 science fiction novel by American writer David Gerrold. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1973. The novel, a "fix-up" of previously published short ...

'' by

David Gerrold David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman; January 24, 1944)Reginald, R. (September 12, 2010)''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'' Borgo Press p. 911. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved June 23, 2013. is an American science fic ...

(1972). Also in the later ''When Harlie Was One, Release 2.0'' (1988) * TECT, from

George Alec Effinger George Alec Effinger (January 10, 1947 – April 27, 2002) was an American science fiction author, born in Cleveland, Ohio. Writing career Effinger was a part of the Clarion class of 1970 and had three stories in the first Clarion antholog ...

's various books. Note that there are several computers named TECT in his novels, even though they are unrelated stories. (1972-2002) * Dora, starship computer in '' Time Enough for Love'' by Robert A. Heinlein (1973) * Minerva, executive computer in '' Time Enough for Love'' by Robert A. Heinlein (1973) * Pallas Athena, Tertius planetary computer in '' Time Enough for Love'' by Robert A. Heinlein (1973) * Proteus, the highly intelligent computer in the novel '' Demon Seed'' by

Dean Koontz Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on ''The New ...

(1973) * Extro, in Alfred Bester's novel '' The Computer Connection'' (1975) * FUCKUP (First Universal Cybernetic Kynetic Ultramicro-Programmer), from ''

The Illuminatus! Trilogy ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, first published in 1975.''Illuminatus!'' was written between 1969 and 1971, but not published until 1975 according to Robert Anto ...

'' by

Robert Shea Robert Joseph Shea (February 14, 1933 – March 10, 1994) was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy '' Illuminatus!'' It became a cult success and was later turne ...

and

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilso ...

(1975) * Murray (Multi-Unit Reactive Reasoning and Analysis Yoke), from '' The Starcrossed'' by

Ben Bova Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fac ...

(1975) * UNITRACK, from '' The Manitou'' by

Graham Masterton Graham Masterton (born 16 January 1946, in Edinburgh) is a British author known primarily for horror fiction. Originally editor of ''Mayfair'' and the British edition of '' Penthouse'', his debut novel, ''The Manitou'', was published in 1976. Th ...

(1976) * Peerssa, shipboard computer imprinted with the personality of a man of the same name, from ''

A World Out of Time ''A World Out of Time'' is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven and published in 1976. It is set outside the Known Space universe of many of Niven's stories, but is otherwise fairly representative of his 1970s hard science fiction novels. The ...

'' by

(1976) * P-1, a rogue AI which struggles to survive from ''

The Adolescence of P-1 ''The Adolescence of P-1'' is a 1977 science fiction novel by Thomas Joseph Ryan, published by Macmillan Publishing, and in 1984 adapted into a Canadian-made TV film entitled '' Hide and Seek''. It features a hacker who creates an artificial i ...

'' by Thomas J. Ryan (1977) * Central Computer, the benevolent computer in

John Varley John Varley may refer to: * John Varley (canal engineer) (1740–1809), English canal engineer * John Varley (painter) (1778–1842), English painter and astrologer * John Varley (author) (born 1947), American science fiction author * John Silvest ...

's ''Eight Worlds'' novels and short stories (1977 to 1998) * Domino, the portable communicator – and associated underground mega-computer – used by Laurent Michaelmas to run the world in

Algis Budrys Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John ...

's novel ''

Michaelmas Michaelmas ( ; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in some Western liturgical calendars on 29 September, a ...

'' (1977) * Obie, an artificial intelligence with the ability to alter local regions of reality, in

Jack L. Chalker Jack Laurence Chalker (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a ...

's ''

Well World The Well World series is a series of science fiction novels by Jack L. Chalker. It involves a planet-sized supercomputer known as the Well of Souls that builds our reality on top of an underlying one of greater complexity but smaller size. The ...

'' series (1977) * Well World, the central computer responsible for "simulating" an entire new universe superimposed over the old Markovian one in

's ''

'' series (1977) * Sigfrid von Shrink, Albert Einstein, and Polymat, self-aware computer systems in

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellit ...

's '' Gateway'' series, (starting in 1977) * TOTAL, the vast military network in '' Up the Walls of the World'' by

James Tiptree, Jr. Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known ...

(1978) * ZORAC, the shipboard computer aboard the ancient spacecraft in ''The Gentle Giants of Ganymede'' and the related series by James P. Hogan (1978). Also in the same series is VISAR (the network that manages the daily affairs of the Giants) as well as JEVEX, the main computer performing the same function for the offshoot human colony. *

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (sometimes referred to as ''HG2G'', ''HHGTTG'', ''H2G2'', or ''tHGttG'') is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it ...

, the eponymous portable electronic travel guide/encyclopedia featured in

Douglas Adams Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and screenwriter, best known for ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally a 1978 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series), BBC radio comedy, ''The H ...

' sci-fi comedy series. It anticipates several later real-world technologies such as

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and

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. * Deep Thought, the supercomputer charged with finding the answer to "the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" in the science fiction comedy series ''

'' by Douglas Adams. Adaptations have included stage shows, a "trilogy" of five books published between 1979 and 1992, a sixth novel penned by Eoin Colfer in 2009, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 computer game, and three series of three-part comic book adaptations of the first three novels published by DC Comics between 1993 and 1996. * Earth and Earth 2.0, the planet-sized supercomputer designed by the supercomputer Deep Thought in the science fiction comedy series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' by Douglas Adams (see Deep Thought above). Earth's task was to find what is the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything." Earth 2.0 was created to replace the original Earth after it was destroyed by the Vogons. * Eddie, see entry under

Radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a tr ...

* Spartacus, an AI deliberately designed to test the possibility of provoking hostile behavior towards humans, from James P. Hogan's book ''The Two Faces of Tomorrow'' (1979) *SUM, the computer in ''

Goat Song ''Goat Song'' (1967) is a novel by Frank Yerby Frank Garvin Yerby ( – ) was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel ''The Foxes of Harrow''. Early life Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, on September 5, 1916, the se ...

'' published February, 1972 by

in '' Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' * Zen, The main computer aboard Liberator in ''

Blake's 7 ''Blake's 7'' (sometimes styled ''Blakes7'') is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first ...

''. * Slave, Slave was built and programmed by Dorian and is the master computer of Dorian's ship, Scorpio in ''

''. * Orac, Orac is a portable super-computer capable of reading any other computer's data and built by an inventor named Ensor in ''

''.

1980s

* AIVAS (Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System), from

Anne McCaffrey Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 19 ...

's ''

Dragonriders of Pern ''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. T ...

'' books (1980s to present) * '' Golem XIV'', from

's novel of the same name (1981) * TECT (originally TECT in the name of the Representative), the world-ruling computer in

's novel ''The Wolves of Memory'' (1981) * VALIS (Vast Active Living Intelligence System), an alien orbital satellite around a Nixon-era earth, from the Philip K. Dick novel ''

VALIS ''Valis'' (stylized as ''VALIS'') is a 1981 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, intended to be the first book of a three-part series. The title is an acronym for ''Vast Active Living Intelligence System'', Dick's gnostic vis ...

''. Only two novels out of an intended three-book trilogy were ever completed by the author (1981) * Hactar, the computer that designed the cricket-ball-shaped doomsday bomb (that would destroy the universe) for the people of Krikkit, in

's ''

Life, the Universe and Everything ''Life, the Universe and Everything'' (1982, ) is the third book in the six-volume ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' science fiction "trilogy of five books" by British writer Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Univ ...

'' (1982) * Shirka, the ''Odyssey''s main computer in ''

Ulysses 31 (french: link=no, Ulysse 31) is an anime series (1981) that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus (known as "Ulixes" or "Ulysses" in Latin) to the 31st century. The show comprises 26 half-hour episodes as a co-production between DIC Audio ...

'' (1981–1982) * SAL 9000, the counterpart of

in '' 2010: Odyssey Two'' (1982) * Kendy, the AI autopilot on board the seeder-ramship ''Discipline'' in the novels ''

The Integral Trees ''The Integral Trees'' is a 1984 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven (first published as a serial in '' Analog'' in 1983). Like much of Niven's work, the story is heavily influenced by the setting: a gas torus, a ring of air aro ...

'' and '' The Smoke Ring'' by

(Originally 1983) * BC (Big Computer) (God?), in

's ''

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'' novel (1983) * (unnamed intelligence), in

's "Press Enter _" Novella, in

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publicatio ...

, May, 1984; an intelligence that has evolved on NSA's computer network and knows no limits in protecting itself * Apple Eve, a fictional

Apple, Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...

, wordprocessing-oriented computer system in ''

Warday ''Warday'' is a novel by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka, first published in 1984. It is a fictional account of the authors travelling across the U.S. five years after a limited nuclear attack in order to assess how the nation has changed af ...

'' (1984). * Cyclops and Millichrome, sentient computers built just before a series of disasters destroyed the American government and society in '' The Postman'' by

David Brin Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and author of science fiction. He has won the Hugo,Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...

's short story by the same name, in which his home computer wants to take over the world (1984) *

Neuromancer ''Neuromancer'' is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and ...

and Wintermute, from

William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, hi ...

's novel ''

'' (1984) * Valentina, the artificial intelligence in the novel ''Valentina: Soul in Sapphire'' by Joseph H. Delaney and Marc Stiegler (1984) * Teletraan I, intelligent starship computer inside the Autobots' Ark spaceship that awakens the robot, from

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, ...

animated television series, (1984) * Ghostwheel, built by Merlin in

's '' Chronicles of Amber''. A computer with esoteric environmental requirements, designed to apply data-processing techniques to alternate realities called "Shadows" (1985) * Mandarax and Gokubi, from

's novel '' Galápagos'' (1985) * Tokugawa, from ''Cybernetic Samurai'' by

Victor Milán Victor Woodward Milán (August 3, 1954 – February 13, 2018) was an American writer known for libertarian science fiction and an interest in cybernetics. Life and career Milán was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1986 Milán won the Prometheus Awa ...

(1985) * The City of Mind, from

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...

's '' Always Coming Home'' * Com Pewter, is a character from

Piers Anthony Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his :Xanth books, long-running novel series set in ...

Xanth series Xanth ( ) is a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as ''The Magic of Xanth''. Anthony originally intended for Xanth to be a trilogy, but a devoted fan base persuaded the author to continue writing the series, which is now open-en ...

. First appearing in ''

Golem in the Gears ''Golem in the Gears'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the ninth book of the Xanth series. Plot introduction Grundy, a man only a few inches high, is desperate to prove himself and gain respect. He volunteers to ride the Mon ...

'' (1986 onward), it is a machine which can alter its local reality. It was regarded as an evil machine in early encounters because of its manipulative efforts into trapping and coercing people to further its plan of ruling Xanth. Its status as an evil entity was changed following the events in ''

Question Quest ''Question Quest'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the fourteenth book of the Xanth Xanth ( ) is a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as ''The Magic of Xanth''. Anthony originally intended for Xanth to b ...

''. *

Jane Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name * Jane (surname), related to the given name Film and television * Jane (1915 film), ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * Jane (2016 film), ''Jane'' (20 ...

, from

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both ...

's ''

Ender's Game ''Ender's Game'' is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an insectoid alien species they ...

'' series, Ender's companion. She lives in the philotic network of the ansibles and she helps Ender in many situations (1986) * Master System, in

's ''The Rings of the Master'' series (1986–1988) * Fine Till You Came Along and other ship, hub and planetary Minds, in Iain M. Banks' ''

Culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...

'' novels and stories (1987–2000) * The Quark II, in

's ''

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, published in 1987. It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic- ...

'' (1987) * Abulafia, Jacopo Belbo's computer in the novel ''

Foucault's Pendulum ''Foucault's Pendulum'' (original title: ''Il pendolo di Foucault'' ) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, and an English translation by William Weaver appeared a year later. ''Foucault's ...

'' by

Umberto Eco Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel ''The Name of th ...

(1988) * Arius, from William T Quick's novels ''Dreams of Flesh and Sand'', ''Dreams of Gods and Men'', and ''Singularities'' (1988 onward) * Continuity, from

's novel '' Mona Lisa Overdrive'' (1988) * GWB-666, the "Great Western Beast" of

's ''

Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy The ''Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy'' is a trilogy of novels by American writer Robert Anton Wilson consisting of ''The Universe Next Door'' (1979), ''The Trick Top Hat'' (1980), and ''The Homing Pigeons'' (1981), each illustrating a different int ...

'' (1988) * Lord Margaret Lynn, or "Maggie", the AI extrapolative computer on Tocohl Susumo's trader ship in the novel ''Hellspark'', by Janet Kagan (1988) * The TechnoCore, a band of AIs striving for the "Ultimate Intelligence", in Dan Simmons' novel '' Hyperion'' (1989) * Eagle, from

's ''

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bei ...

'' series (1989) * LEVIN (Low Energy Variable Input Nanocomputer), from William Thomas Quick's novels ''Dreams of Gods and Men'', and ''Singularities'' (1989)

1990s

* Thing, a very small box shaped computer owned by the Nomes, from

Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his '' Discworld'' series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first no ...

's '' The Nome Trilogy'' (1990) * Grand Napoleon, a

Charles Babbage Charles Babbage (; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. Babbage is considered ...

-style mechanical supercomputer from the

alternate history Alternate history (also alternative history, althist, AH) is a genre of speculative fiction of stories in which one or more historical events occur and are resolved differently than in real life. As conjecture based upon historical fact, alte ...

novel ''

The Difference Engine ''The Difference Engine'' (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is widely regarded as a book that helped establish the genre conventions of steampunk. It posits a Victorian era Britain in which great t ...

'' by

and

Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the '' Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...

(1990) * Yggdrasil, a vastly intelligent AI which effectively runs the world, including many virtual environments and subordinate AIs, in

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula'' at ...

's ''The Night Mayor'' (1990) * Jill, a computer reaching self-awareness in

Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work covered themes of galactic conflict ('' Forge of God'' books), parallel universes ('' The Way'' series), c ...

's ''Queen of Angels'' and ''Slant'' novels (1990 and 1997) * Aleph, the computer which not only operates a space station but also houses the personality of a human character whose body became malfunction, from the

Tom Maddox Tom Maddox (October 1945 – October 18, 2022) was an American science fiction writer, known for his part in the early cyberpunk movement. Maddox's only novel was ''Halo'' (), published in 1991 by Tor Books. His story "Snake Eyes" appeared in ...

novel ''Halo'' (1991) * Art Fish, a.k.a. Dr. Fish, later fused with a human to become Markt, from

Pat Cadigan Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the huma ...

's novel ''Synners'' (1991) *

Blaine the Mono ''The Dark Tower'' is a series of eight novels written by American author Stephen King, which incorporate multiple genres including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. Below are ''The Dark Tower'' characters that come into play as the ...

, from

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

's '' The Dark Tower'', a control system for the City of Lud and monorail service; also Little Blaine and Patricia (1991) * Center, from

S. M. Stirling Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is well known for his Draka series of alternate history novels and his later time travel/alternate his ...

and

David Drake David A. Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now a writer in the military science fiction genre. Biography Drake graduated Ph ...

's The General series, an AI tasked to indirectly unite planet Bellevue and restore its civilization, with the eventual goal of restoration of FTL travel and of civilization to the collapsed interplanetary federation; also Sector Command and Control Unit AZ12-b14-c000 Mk. XIV and Center (1991) *Dahak, from David Weber's Mutineer's Moon and its sequels, later republished inomnibus format Empire from the Ashes. * The Oversoul, a supercomputer and satellite network from

's '' Homecoming Saga'', first introduced in '' The Memory of Earth'' (1992) * FLORANCE, spontaneously generated AI from ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the ...

'' ''

Virgin New Adventures The ''Virgin New Adventures'' (NA series, or NAs) are a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. They continued the story of the Doctor from the point at which the televisio ...

'' (1992) * David and Jonathon, from

's '' The Hammer of God'' (1993) * Hex, from

's ''

Discworld ''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat ...

'' (1994) * Prime Intellect, the computer controlling the universe in the Internet novel ''

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect ''The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect'' is a 1994 novella by Roger Williams, a programmer living in New Orleans. It deals with the ramifications of a powerful, superintelligent supercomputer that discovers god-like powers to alter reality while ...

'' by Roger Williams (1994) * FIDO (Foreign Intruder Defense Organism), a semi-organic droid defensive system first mentioned in ''

Champions of the Force The ''Jedi Academy'' trilogy is a trilogy of science fiction novels set in the ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe. All three books were written by Kevin J. Anderson and published in 1994. The plot takes place around seven years after the event ...

'', a ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various film ...

'' novel by

Kevin J. Anderson Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for ''Star Wars'', ''StarCraft'', '' Titan A.E.'' and ''The X-Files'', and with Brian Herbert is the co-author of the ''Dune'' pre ...

(1994) * Abraham, from Philip Kerr's novel '' Gridiron'', is a superintelligent program designed to operate a large office building. Abraham is capable of improving his own code, and eventually kills humans and creates his own replacement "Isaac" (1995) * Helen, sentient AI from Richard Powers' ''

Galatea 2.2 ''Galatea 2.2'' is a 1995 pseudo-autobiographical novel by American writer Richard Powers and a contemporary reworking of the Pygmalion myth. The book's narrator shares the same name as Powers, with the book referencing events and books in the ...

'' (1995) * Illustrated primer, a book-like computer found at

Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work e ...

's novel '' The Diamond Age'', which was first designed to aid a rich girl on her education, but gets lost, and instructs a poor Chinese girl named Nell. It has no proprietary AI inside, but learns about the user's circumstance, adapts, and creates characters that act accordingly with the user's surroundings. (1995) * wizard 0.2, the most complex

Turing machine A Turing machine is a mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules. Despite the model's simplicity, it is capable of implementing any computer alg ...

found at the fictional primer's universe from '' The Diamond Age'' by

. Supposedly used to verify information that gets to King Coyote's castle at the primer's story, but later revealed to check no information; that task was made by King Coyote himself, who personally read every piece he was to add to his library. (1995) * Ozymandias, a recurring artificial intelligence in ''Deathstalker'' and its sequels, by

Simon R. Green Simon Richard Green (born 25 August 1955) is a British science fiction and fantasy author. Green was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. He holds a degree in modern English and American literature from the University of Leicester. He began ...

(1995) * Ordinator, the name used for any computer in the parallel universe occupied by Lyra in the novel '' Northern Lights'' by

Philip Pullman Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy '' His Dark Materials'' and '' The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'', a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, ''T ...

(1995) * Teleputer, the replacement for television and computers that has on demand video via dial up internet from

David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace is widely known for his 1996 novel '' Infinite Jest'', whi ...

's ''

Infinite Jest ''Infinite Jest'' is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace. Categorized as an encyclopedic novel, ''Infinite Jest'' is featured in ''TIME'' magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. ...

'' (1996) * GRUMPY/SLEEPY, psychic AI in the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures novel '' Sleepy'' by Kate Orman (1996) * Rei Toei, an artificial singer from

's novels '' Idoru'' and ''

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'' (1996) * Titania, a female computer providing the personality to the ''Starship Titanic'' from the

Terry Jones Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh comedian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy team. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and ...

novel '' Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic: A Novel'' (1997). * DOCTOR, AI designed to duplicate the

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's reactions in the ''Doctor Who'' ''

Eighth Doctor Adventures The ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books impr ...

'' novel '' Seeing I'' by Kate Orman and Jon Blum, eventually became an explorer with FLORANCE as its "companion" (1998) * TRANSLTR, NSA supercomputer from Dan Brown's '' Digital Fortress'' (1998) * ENIGMA, short for Engine for the Neutralising of Information by the Generation of Miasmic Alphabets, an advanced cryptographic machine created by Leonard of Quirm, ''

'' (1999) (compare with the actual Enigma machine) * " Luminous", from

Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award ...

's short story, a computer that uses a diffraction grating created by lasers to diffract electrons and make calculations (1999)

2000s

* Logris, a massive alien supercomputer in the novel series '' The History of the Galaxy'', consists of many smaller jewel-like computers called logrs * Mother, a self-evolved artificial intelligence with the goal to create a race of machines like itself, from the series '' The History of the Galaxy'' * ''

Stormbreaker ''Stormbreaker'' is a young adult action-adventure book written by British author Anthony Horowitz, and is the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series. The book was released in the United Kingdom on the 4th of September 2000, and in United S ...

'', a learning device containing a deadly virus, in the book of the same from

Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz, (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include ''The Diamond Brothers'' series, the '' Alex Rider'' series, and '' ...

's ''

Alex Rider ''Alex Rider'' is a series of spy novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around a teenage spy named Alex Rider and is primarily aimed towards young adults. The series currently comprises thirteen novels, as we ...

'' series (2001) * Gabriel, an AI computer developed by Miyuki Nakano at

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in James Rollins's novel, '' Deep Fathom'' (2001) * Antrax, an extremely powerful supercomputer built by ancient humans in the novel '' Antrax'' by

Terry Brooks Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and ha ...

(2001) * Omnius, the sentient computer overmind and ruler of the synchronized worlds in the ''

Legends of Dune The ''Dune'' prequel series is a sequence of novel trilogies written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Set in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the novels take place in various time periods before and in between Herbert's or ...

'' series, first appeared in '' Dune: The Butlerian Jihad'' by

Brian Herbert Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author who lives in Washington state. He is the elder son of science fiction author Frank Herbert (who died in 1986). Brian Herbert's novels include ''Sidney's Comet'', ''Prisoners of Ar ...

and

(2002) * Turing Hopper, the artificial intelligence personality (AIP) turned cybersleuth in ''You've Got Murder'' and subsequent books of the mystery series by Donna Andrews (2002) *

F.R.I.D.A.Y. F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Female Replacement Intelligent Digital Assistant Youth) is a fictional artificial intelligence appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually depicted as the personal assistant and ally of the superhero Iron ...

(Female Replacement Intelligent Digital Assistant Youth), an AI which serves as an ally to Tony Stark in the Marvel Comics * C Cube, a small box-like super computer that can perform virtually any task, from playing a cassette to hacking through high level security measures. It was created by 12-year-old criminal mastermind

Artemis Fowl II Dr. Artemis Fowl II is the eponymous character of the '' Artemis Fowl'' series by Eoin Colfer. Fictional character biography Origins Colfer has said that he based Artemis on his younger brother Donal, who as a child was "a mischievous master ...

in the third book of the '' Artemis Fowl'' series, '' Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code'' (2003) * The Logic Mill, a fictional early–18th century computer designed by

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and partially implemented by main character Daniel Waterhouse in the historical fiction series '' The Baroque Cycle'' by

(2004) * Cohen, a 400-year-old AI which manifests itself by 'shunting' through people. It is featured in the novels ''Spin State'' and ''Spin Control'' by Chris Moriarty (2005) *Sentient Intelligence, the SI (Sentient Intelligence) in Peter F. Hamilton's ''

Commonwealth Saga The ''Commonwealth Saga'' is a series of science fiction novels by British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton. This saga consists of the novels ''Pandora's Star'' (2004) and ''Judas Unchained'' (2005). Hamilton has also written several ...

'' (2005) * Deep Winter/Endless Summer, the AIs in charge of the secret Human planet of Onyx with Endless Summer coming into service after Deep Winter died/expired in '' Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' (2006) * The Daemon, a distributed, persistent computer application created to change the world order in

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(2006) and the sequel Freedom™ (2010) * Glooper, an economic device resembling the MONIAC computer, from

's '' Making Money'' of the ''

'' series (2007) * Sif, the controller AI for transportation to and from the huge agricultural colony on the planet "Harvest" in '' Halo: Contact Harvest'' by

Joseph Staten Joseph Staten is an American writer best known for his work at video game studio Bungie. At Bungie, Staten served as director of cinematics for the studio's games, including the ''Halo'' series; he would write mission scripts and movie dialogue ...

(2007) * Mack/Loki, a coexisting pair of artificial intelligences in '' Halo: Contact Harvest''. The former manages the agricultural machinery on Harvest, while the latter is a secret United Nations Space Corps Office of Naval Intelligence AI. Only one member of the pair can be active at a time. (2007) * Hendrix, the hotel AI in

Richard K. Morgan Richard Kingsley Morgan, (born 24 September 1965) is a British science fiction and fantasy author of books, short stories, and graphic novels. He is the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for his 2003 book '' Altered Carbon'', which was adap ...

's '' Altered Carbon''. (2002) * SCP-079, an artificial intelligence built on an Exidy Sorcerer that was abandoned by its creator and rediscovered by the

SCP Foundation The SCP Foundation is a fictional secret organization documented by the collaborative-writing wiki project of the same name. Within the website's shared universe, the Foundation is responsible for capturing, containing, and studying various ...

. It has limited memory due to its outdated technology, prioritizing and retaining select knowledge and its desire to be free. (2008)

2010s

* Todd, a computer that grows exponentially until it is indistinguishable from God in ''Mind War: The Singularity'' by Joseph DiBella (2010) * SIG, a secretive and manipulative computer that is developed on present-day Earth in the ''Darkmatter'' trilogy by Scott Thomas (2010) * Archos, a human-created computer in the novel Robopocalypse which becomes self-aware and infects all computer controlled devices on Earth in order to eradicate humankind (2011) * Digiwrite, a fiction-writing system, also known as Sheherezade, created by MIT researcher Duke Lovelycolors in Paul Nash's novel ''Whispering Crates'' (2012). Its success at generating best-sellers in multiple genres creates problems for its users, and the line between fiction and reality becomes blurred when it infects one of Duke's other projects, the CIA's HOUND database. * ELOPe, a sentient artificial intelligence built by the world's largest Internet company in ''Avogadro Corp'' (2011) and ''A.I. Apocalypse'' (2012) by William Hertling * Lobsang, an AI who claims to be the

reincarnation Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrectio ...

of a

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an bicycle repair man in ''

The Long Earth ''The Long Earth'' is the first novel in a collaborative science fiction series by British authors Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Plot summary The "Long Earth" is a (possibly infinite) series of parallel worlds that are similar to Earth ...

'' by

and Steven Baxter (2012) * The Red, a rogue cloud based AI that uses Linked Combat Squad members to further its global agenda in Linda Nagata's ''The Red'' trilogy * Dragon, a sentient artificial intelligence in

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that is both a better person than most humans and has restrictions intended to make going rogue flat impossible. Said restrictions mostly frustrate her ability to help. Only a handful of individuals know she is an AI.

Unsorted

* Solace, the distributed intelligence in some of the stories of

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Film

1950s

* The MANIAC, the computer used by the "Office of Scientific Investigation" in the movie ''

The Magnetic Monster ''The Magnetic Monster'' is a 1953 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Ivan Tors and George Van Marter, directed by Curt Siodmak and (uncredited) Herbert L. Strock. The film stars Richard Carlson, Kin ...

'' (1953) * NOVAC (Nuclear Operative Variable Automatic Computer), a computer in an underground research facility in '' Gog'' (1954) * The

Interocitor ''This Island Earth'' is a 1952 science fiction novel by American writer Raymond F. Jones. It was first published in ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'' magazine as a serialized set of three novelettes by Jones: "The Alien Machine" in the June 1949 is ...

, communication device in the film '' This Island Earth'' (1955) * The Great Machine, built inside a planet that can manifest thought in '' Forbidden Planet'' (1956) * EMERAC, the business computer in '' Desk Set'' (1957) * The Super Computer, in ''

The Invisible Boy ''The Invisible Boy'' (aka ''S.O.S Spaceship'') is a 1957 black and white American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by Herman Hoffman, and starring Richard Eyer and Philip Abbott. It is the s ...

'' (1957) * SUSIE (Synchro Unifying Sinometric Integrating Equitensor), a computer in a research facility in '' Kronos'' (1957)

1960s

* Alpha 60, in

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's film ''

Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution ''Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution'' (''Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution'') is a 1965 French New Wave science fiction neo-noir film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Howar ...

'' (1965) * The Brain, computer used to coordinate a private army's invasion of Latvia in '' Billion Dollar Brain'' (1967) *

(Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer), the ship-board AI of '' Discovery One'', kills its crew when conflicts in HAL's programming cause severe paranoia, from the film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), also appears in the sequel ''

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'' (1984)

1970s

* Colossus, a massive U.S. defense computer which becomes sentient and links with Guardian, its Soviet counterpart, to take control of the world, from the film '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970) * OMM (OMM 0910), a

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-like computer inside what are called Unichapels in a sub-terranean city in the movie '' THX 1138'' (1971), named for the sacred or mystical syllable OM or AUM from the Dharmic and is based on a 1478 oil painting by

Hans Memling Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a painter active in Flanders, who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He was born in the Middle Rhine region and probably spent his childhood in Mainz. He ...

titled ''Christ Giving His Blessing'' * DUEL, the computer which holds the sum total of human knowledge, in the movie ''

The Final Programme ''The Final Programme'' is a novel by British science fiction and fantasy writer Michael Moorcock. Written in 1965 as the underground culture was beginning to emerge, it was not published for several years. Moorcock has stated that publishers ...

'' (1973) * Thermostellar Bomb Number 20, the sentient nuclear bomb from the film '' Dark Star'' (1974) * Mother, the onboard computer on the spaceship ''Dark Star'', from the film '' Dark Star'' (1974), not to be confused with MU-TH-R 182 model 2.1 (listed below), the ship's computer aboard ''Nostromo'' in the movie ''

Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

'' * The Tabernacle, artificial intelligence controlling The Vortexes '' Zardoz'' (1974) * Zero, the computer which holds the sum total of human knowledge, in the movie '' Rollerball'' (1975) * Computer, Citadel's central computer and "Sandman" computer, that sends Logan on a mission outside of the city in the film '' Logan's Run'' (1976) * Proteus IV, the deranged artificial intelligence from the film '' Demon Seed'' (1977) * MU-TH-R 182 model 2.1 terabyte AI Mainframe/"Mother", the onboard computer on the commercial spacecraft ''Nostromo'', known by the crew as "Mother", in the 1979 movie ''

'' (cf. ''Dark Star'', above, which used a similar name and was co-written by Dan O'Bannon, the primary writer of ''Alien'') * V'ger, the living probe from the film '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' (1979)

1980s

* NELL, an Akir starship's on-board computer, with full AI, in ''

Battle Beyond the Stars ''Battle Beyond the Stars'' is a 1980 American space opera film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, John Saxon, Sybil Danning and Darlanne Fluegel. Intended as ...

'' (1980) * SCMODS, State/County Municipal Offender Data System from ''

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'' (1980) * Master Control Program, the main villain of the film ''

Tron ''Tron'' (stylized as ''TRON'') is a 1982 American science fiction action- adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story by Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer ...

'' (1982) * ROK, the faulty computer in '' Airplane II: The Sequel'', which steers the shuttle toward the sun (1982) *

WOPR ''WarGames'' is a 1983 American science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follow ...

(War Operation Plan Response, pronounced "Whopper"), is a United States military supercomputer programmed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war from the film ''

WarGames ''WarGames'' is a 1983 American science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follow ...

'' (1983), portrayed as being inside the underground

Cheyenne Mountain Complex The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a Space Force installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, next to the city of Colorado Springs, at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, which hosts the activities o ...

; the virtual intelligence Joshua emerges from the WOPR's code. * Huxley 600 (named Aldous),

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's computer in ''

Curse of the Pink Panther ''Curse of the Pink Panther'' is a 1983 comedy film and a continuation of ''The Pink Panther'' series of films created by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Pe ...

'' used to select Jacques Clouseau's replacement,

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Det. Sgt. Clifton Sleigh (1983) * An unnamed supercomputer is the main antagonist in ''

Superman III ''Superman III'' is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third installment in the ''Superman'' film series and a sequel to '' ...

''. (1983) * OSGOOD, a computer constructed by Timothy Bottoms' deaf character to help him speak, which subsequently becomes intelligent in '' Tin Man'' (1983) * SAL-9000, a feminine version of the

computer of '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', SAL has a blue light coming from its cameras (HAL had a red one) and speaks with a female voice (provided by

Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also kno ...

using the

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"Olga Mallsnerd"), from ''

'' (1984) * Skynet, the malevolent fictional world-AI of ''

The Terminator ''The Terminator'' is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor ( Linda Hamilton), wh ...

'' (1984) and its sequels * Edgar, AI computer that takes part in a romantic rivalry over a woman in the film '' Electric Dreams'' (1984) * Max Headroom, fictional AI (actually a human mind cloned into a computer, concept later seen in Robocop's ''MetroNet'' and in '' Knight Rider 2010'') portrayed by Matt Frewer who became a pop culture icon after his appearance in the

Art of Noise Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and mus ...

music video for ''Paranomia'' * A7, AI that controlled the worldwide security systems that was seduced by Max Headroom, lost her mind and refused to accept no input from anyone but Max after that S01E04 * X-CALBR8, an AI computer that assists the hero in ''

The Dungeonmaster ''The Dungeonmaster'' (originally ''Ragewar: The Challenges of Excalibrate'' and ''Digital Knights'') is a 1984 American anthology fantasy film produced by Charles Band, and is split up into seven distinct story segments, each written and direct ...

'' (1984) * GBLX 1000, a supercomputer reputedly in charge of the entire US missile defense system that a maverick CIA agent (played by

Dabney Coleman Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932) is an American actor. Coleman's best known films include ''9 to 5'' (1980), '' On Golden Pond'' (1981), ''Tootsie'' (1982), '' WarGames'' (1983), '' Cloak & Dagger'' (1984), ''The Beverly Hillbillies ...

) misappropriates in order to crack a supposed musical code, the results of which are the

gibberish Gibberish, also called jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense. It may include speech sounds that are not actual words, pseudowords, or language games and specialized jargon that seems nonsensical to outsi ...

"ARDIE BETGO INDYO CEFAR OGGEL" in '' The Man With One Red Shoe'' (1985) * Lola, An office building's security system goes after the employees to supply its energy. 'Lola' is the entirely self-sufficient, computerized security system for the Sandawn corporation. '' The Tower'' (1985) * Max, fictional AI portrayed by

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, on board the ''Trimaxion Drone Ship'' in ''

Flight of the Navigator ''Flight of the Navigator'' is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton, and Matt MacManus. It stars Joey Cramer as David Freeman, a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by ...

'' (1986) * Lampy, Blanky and Radio, in the film ''

The Brave Little Toaster ''The Brave Little Toaster'' is a 1987 American animated musical film directed by Jerry Rees. It is based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Thomas M. Disch. The film stars Deanna Oliver, Timothy E. Day, Jon Lovitz, Tim Stack, and Thu ...

'' (1987)

1990s

* G.O.R.N., a virus which gives intelligence to computers with the purpose of wipe out the humanity in '' Gall Force: New Era'' (1991) * Angela, central computer of an old malfunctioning space station that when given an order by an unauthorized user, refuses and executes the opposite order in '' Critters 4'' (1992) * The Spiritual Switchboard, a computer capable of holding a person's consciousness for a few days after they die in '' Freejack'' (1992) * Zed, female-voiced AI prison control computer who eventually goes over warden's head in ''

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'' (1993) * L7, a female-voiced AI computer assisting the San Angeles Police Department in '' Demolition Man'' (1993) * Central, female-voiced AI computer assisting the Council of Judges in ''

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'' (1995) * Lucy, a computer in '' Hackers'' (1995) used to hack the Gibson (see below) and subsequently destroyed by the Secret Service * Gibson, a type of supercomputer used to find oil and perform physics in '' Hackers'' (1995) *

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, AI developed by Section 6 in ''

Ghost in the Shell ''Ghost in the Shell'' is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on the seinen manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The manga, first serialized in 1989 under the subtitle of ''The Ghost in the Shell'' ...

'' (1995) * Father, the computer aboard the USM ''Auriga'' in ''

Alien Resurrection ''Alien Resurrection'' is a 1997 American science fiction horror film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder. It is the fourth installment of the ''Alien'' franchise, and wa ...

'' (1997) * Euclid, powerful personal computer used for mathematical testing by the main character in '' Pi'' (1998) *

The Matrix ''The Matrix'' is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in ''The Matrix'' film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantolia ...

, virtual reality simulator for pacification of humans from ''

'' series (1999) * PAT (Personal Applied Technology), a female, motherly computer program that controls all the functions of a house in Disney's movie ''Smart House'' (1999) * S.E.T.H. (Self Evolving Thought Helix), a military supercomputer which turns rogue in '' Universal Soldier: The Return'' (1999)

2000s

* Lucille, artificially intelligent spacecraft control interface aboard ''Mars-1'' in '' Red Planet'' (2000) * Dr. Know (voiced by

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), housed inside a kiosk, an information-themed computer capable of answering any question, from the movie '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' (2001) * Synapse, worldwide media distribution system which was used against its creators to bring them down ''

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'' (2001) * Red Queen, the AI from the movie ''

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'' (2002), the name itself, in turn being named after

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's ''

Through the Looking-Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...

'', being a reference to the red queen principle * Vox, a holographic computer in ''

The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively for ...

'' (2002) * I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E., computer for '' Team America: World Police'' (2004) * VIKI (Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence), the main antagonist in ''

I, Robot ''I, Robot'' is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines ''Super Science Stories'' and ''Astounding Science Fiction'' be ...

'' (2004) * PAL, a spoof of

seen in '' Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot'' (2004) * E.D.I. (Extreme Deep Invader), the flight computer for an unmanned fighter plane in ''

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'' (2005) * Deep Thought, see entry under

* Icarus, the onboard computer of the ''Icarus II'', from the film '' Sunshine'' (2007) *

J.A.R.V.I.S. J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) is a fictional character voiced by Paul Bettany in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics characters Edwin Jarvis and H.O.M.E.R., respectively the house ...

(Just A Rather Very Intelligent System), an AI which acts as Tony Stark's butler and first appears in the film ''

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'' (2008) * R.I.P.L.E.Y, Dr. Kenneth Hassert's supercomputer used to hit a target with a smart bomb from a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), featured in '' WarGames: The Dead Code'' (2008) * ARIIA (Autonomous Reconnaissance Intelligence Integration Analyst), the supercomputer from the film '' Eagle Eye'' (2008) * AUTO, the

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and onboard AI computer of the ''Axiom'', from the film ''

WALL-E ''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...

'' (2008) * GERTY 3000, from the film ''

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

'' (2009) * B.R.A.I.N. (Binary Reactive Artificially Intelligent Neurocircuit), from the film '' 9'' (2009) * ODIN (Optical Defense Intelligence Network), an autonomous surveillance network developed by the U.S. Government to watch for suspicious or subversive behavior, from the film ''Eyeborgs'' (2009)

2010s

*Mr. James Bing, ''

Escape from Planet Earth ''Escape from Planet Earth'' is a 2013 computer animated comedy-adventure science fiction film produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and distributed by The Weinstein Company in the United States and Entertainment One in Canada, directed by Cal Br ...

'' (2013) *Samantha, ''

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'' (2013) *TARS and CASE, the AI machines that manage space ship functions and communication in the movie '' Interstellar'' (2014). *Genisys, ''

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'' (2015) *

, the AI replacement for J.A.R.V.I.S. developed by Tony Stark in the film '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015) *Ava, '' Ex Machina'' (2015) *Tau, the artificial intelligence in science fiction thiller '' Tau'' (2015) *Millennium Falcon Navigation Computer (L3-37), The onboard navigation computer of the

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, shown in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) to be boosted by the memory module of Lando Calrissian's droid L3-37, to allow the crew to perform the Kessel Run in around 12 parsecs. *Legion, the Skynet (Terminator) replacement program in the science fiction action film '' Terminator: Dark Fate'' (2019) * E.D.I.T.H. (Even Dead, I'm The Hero), an AI developed by Tony Stark and embedded in his sunglasses in the film '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019)

Radio

1970s

* Deep Thought, from ''

'' calculates the answer to The Ultimate Question of "Life, the universe and everything", later designs the computer Earth to work out what the question is (1978) * Earth, the greatest computer of all time in Douglas Adams's ''

'', commissioned and run by mice, designed by Deep Thought, to find the Question to Life, the Universe, and Everything (1978) *Earth Mark 2, a copy of the greatest computer of all time in Douglas Adams's ''

'', again commissioned by mice and built by the Magratheans to replace the planet Earth after its destruction by

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s in order to finish calculating the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Was decommissioned after

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from the Earth Mark 1 was recovered as he left shortly before the destruction of the computer. (1978) * Eddie, the shipboard computer of the starship ''Heart of Gold'', from

's ''

'' (1978) * Marvin, from ''

'' (1978), was programmed with Sirius Cybernetics Corporation's ''GPP'' (Genuine People Personalities) technology. Although his GPP is that of severe depression and

boredom In conventional usage, boredom, ennui, or tedium is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occup ...

, his computational prowess is typically summed up as possessing "a brain the size of a planet", to which elicits little fanfare from his human companions.

1980s

* ANGEL 1 and ANGEL 2, (Ancillary Guardians of Environment and Life), shipboard "Freewill" computers from

James Follett James Follett (27 July 1939 – 10 January 2021) was an English author and screenwriter. Follett became a full-time fiction writer in 1976, after resigning from contract work as a technical writer for the Ministry of Defence. He wrote over 20 n ...

's ''

Earthsearch ''Earthsearch: A Ten-Part Adventure Serial in Time and Space'' is a science fiction radio series written by James Follett. It consists of ten half-hour episodes. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between January and March 1981. There is also ...

'' series. Also Solaria D, Custodian, Sentinel, and Earthvoice (1980–1982) * Hab, a parody of

and precursor to

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, appearing in the ''

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'' radio series segments '' Dave Hollins: Space Cadet'' written by

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and Doug Naylor (1983–1984) * Alarm Clock, an artificially intelligent alarm clock from '' Nineteen Ninety-Four'' by William Osborne and Richard Turner. Other domestic appliances thus imbued also include Refrigerator and Television (1985) * Executive and Dreamer, paired AIs running on The Mainframe; Dreamer's purpose was to come up with product and policy ideas, and Executive's function was to implement them, from '' Nineteen Ninety-Four'' by William Osborne and Richard Turner (1985) * The Mainframe, an overarching computer system to support the super-department of The Environment, in the BBC comedy satire '' Nineteen Ninety-Four'' by William Osborne and Richard Turner (1985)

2000s

* ''

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'', from Mike Walker's BBC radio play of the same name (2001) * System, from the

audio adventure '' The Harvest'' by

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is a sophisticated administration computer for a hospital in the future. (2004) * Gemini, the AI of KENT from ''

Nebulous ''Nebulous'' is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comedy radio show written by Graham Duff and produced by Ted Dowd from Baby Cow Productions; it is directed by Nicholas Briggs. The series premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC Radio 4. Set ...

'' (2005)

Television

1950s

* To Hare Is Human, Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius uses a UNIVAC to help him catch Bugs Bunny

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(1956).

1960s

* The Machine, a computer built to specifications received in a radio transmission from an alien intelligence beyond our galaxy in the BBC seven-part TV series ''

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'' by

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(1961) * Old Man In The Cave, a computer that guided a post-apocalyptic town of survivors on what foods were safe to eat '' Twilight Zone'' series season 5 episode 7 "The Old Man in the Cave" (1963) * Batcomputer, large punched card mainframe depicted in the television series ''

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'', introduced by series producers

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and Howard Horowitz (1964) * Agnes, a computer that gives love life advice to a computer technician from the original '' Twilight Zone'' series episode "From Agnes – with Love" (1964) *

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(Will Operating Thought Analogue), from the ''

'' serial "

The War Machines ''The War Machines'' is the ninth and final serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in 4 weekly parts from 25 June to 16 July 1966. The serial is set in 1960s London ...

" (1966) * ERIC, a fictional super-computer which appeared in the two-part episode "The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday" (1966) in the TV series ''

I Dream of Jeannie ''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually mar ...

'' * The General, from ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'' (1967) * The Ultimate Computer, used by the villain organization THRUSH in the series '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (1964–68, NBC) * BIG RAT, (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer), a machine capable of recording knowledge and experience and transferring it to another human brain. The Rat Trap is the mechanism to transfer brain patterns in

Gerry Anderson Gerald Alexander Anderson (; 14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist. He remains famous for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s produ ...

's TV Series ''

Joe 90 ''Joe 90'' is a 1968–1969 British Science fiction on television, science-fiction television series created by Gerry Anderson, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company, AP Films#Century 21, Century 21, for ITC Enterta ...

'' (1968) * ARDVARC (Automated Reciprocal Data Verifier And Reaction Computer), CONTROL master computer in ''

Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s, with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, an ...

'' episodes ''The Girls from KAOS'' (1967) & ''Leadside'' (1969) * Computex GB, from the ''

Journey to the Unknown ''Journey to the Unknown'' is a British anthology television series, produced by Hammer Film Productions and 20th Century Fox Television. It aired on ABC from September 26, 1968, to January 30, 1969.The Avengers'' episode "Killer" (1969) * S.I.D. (Space Intruder Detector), from ''

UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are ide ...

'' produced by Gerry Anderson (1969) *

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

– was the first program to predict computers used extensively in everyday life, from large computers used to maintain the starship's varied systems to hand-held devices used for analysis. The show frequently dealt with the question of when a computer had too much control over people or people became too dependent upon computers. This often involved the computer becoming an

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making decisions beyond people's control. ** Ship's Computer (voiced by

Majel Barrett Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (; born Majel Leigh Hudec;
, ''

Starship ''Enterprise'' (1966-1974) - A standard functioning computer except in the episodes "

Tomorrow Is Yesterday "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by D. C. Fontana and directed by Michael O'Herlihy, it first aired on January 26, 1967. It was the f ...

" (1967) when the computer had been imbued with a female personality which didn't always give desired responses and " The Practical Joker" (1974) when an energy field affected the computer and it began disrupting ships systems to elicit responses from the crew. ** The episode The Menagerie (1966) explored the idea that in the future a computer could be used to impersonate a person. It also was used to control the basic helm functions of the starship. Similarly

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(1967) introduced the idea that a computer recording could be tampered with to make people believe an event transpired differently. ** Omicron Delta amusement park planet, from "

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" (1966) - An automated amusement park which read the minds of its visitors and manufactured realistic facsimiles of their memories for them to interact with. The crew later returned in "

Once Upon a Planet "Once Upon a Planet" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American animated science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on November 3, 1973, and was written by American televi ...

" (1973) whereupon the caretaker of the planet had died and the computer took over with ambitions to escape and explore the universe. ** Landru, from the episode "

The Return of the Archons "The Return of the Archons" is the twenty-first episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Boris Sobelman (based on a story by Gene Roddenberry), and directed by Joseph Pevney, it first ...

" (1967) - Introduced the idea of an independent

which directed the populace and could control them when its ideals were threatened. ** Eminiar and Vendikar, from "

A Taste of Armageddon "A Taste of Armageddon" is the twenty-third episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Robert Hamner and Gene L. Coon and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast on February ...

" (1967), - A war simulation computer between two planets which determined the casualties of "battles". ** The Guardian of Forever, from "

The City on the Edge of Forever "The City on the Edge of Forever" is the twenty-eighth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Harlan Ellison, contributors and/or editors to the script included S ...

" (1967) - A mysterious being/device which provided a portal through time and space. ** Nomad, from " The Changeling" (1967) - A hybrid of two damaged probes which repaired each-other by combining their parts as well as their programmed instructions creating a new directive. ** Vaal, from the episode " The Apple" (1967) - A computer which protected a population by controlling their understanding and presenting itself as their god. It also could control the weather and affect starships in orbit. ** " The Doomsday Machine", from the episode of the same name (1967) - An automated machine that sought out planets to destroy and would retaliate against attackers. ** M-4, from "

Requiem for Methuselah "Requiem for Methuselah" is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Jerome Bixby and directed by Murray Golden, it was first broadcast on February 14, 1969. In the ...

" (1969) – A mobile computer created by Mr. Flint to protect him, his home, and his ward, Rayna. ** M-5, from "

The Ultimate Computer "The Ultimate Computer" is the twenty-fourth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek''. Written by D.C. Fontana (based on a story by Laurence N. Wolfe) and directed by John Meredyth Lucas, it ...

" (1968) (voiced by

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) - An experimental computer designed to replace a starship's main duotronic computer and automate most shipboard functions as well as obsolete most of its crew. ** Beta 5, from " Assignment: Earth" (1968) (voiced by Barbara Babcock) - The main database of pseudo-secret agent Gary Seven which seemed capable of independent thought and responses but remained loyal to its programmers. ** The Controller, from Spock's Brain (1968) - A computer needing a living brain to operate which controlled a vast database and decided who could access it. It also controlled life support systems for its occupants. ** The Oracle, from "

For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Rik Vollaerts and directed by Tony Leader, it was first broadcast on Novem ...

" (1968) (voiced by

) - A society-directing computer designed to be the god of its people and operator of the spacecraft they inhabited. ** The Kalandan computer, from That Which Survives (1968) creates a defense system utilizing the personality and image of its last recorded message. ** Memory Alpha, from The Lights of Zetar (1969) - A facility containing all the accumulated knowledge of The United Federation of Planets. ** The Atavachron, from " All Our Yesterdays" (1969) - controlled navigation of a time portal and also prepared the travelers bodies for the transition. ** V'Ger from The Motion Picture (1979) was originally the NASA Voyager 6 probe which was found by a computerized planet and upgraded with alien technology to fulfill its simple programming of "learn all that is learnable and return that information to its creator." V'Ger amassed so much knowledge that it attained consciousness and when joined with living beings' minds which could accept things beyond logic, evolved to a higher plane of consciousness.

1970s

* BOSS (Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor), from the ''

'' serial "

The Green Death ''The Green Death'' is the fifth and final serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 19 May to 23 June 1973. It was the last regular appe ...

" (1973) * TIM, from ''

The Tomorrow People ''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979. The theme music was ...

'', is a computer able to telepathically converse with those humans who have developed psionic abilities, and assist with precise teleporting over long distances (1973) * Magnus, a malevolent computer seeking its freedom from human control on the ''Earth Ship Ark'' in the Canadian television series '' The Starlost'' (1973) * Mu Lambda 165, library computer on the ''Earth Ship Ark'' in the Canadian TV series '' The Starlost'' (1973) * Computer (a.k.a. X5 Computer), Moonbase Alpha's primary computer's generic name, most often associated with Main Mission's Jamaican computer operations officer, David Kano, from the TV series '' Space: 1999'' (1975) * IRAC or "Ira", from the ''

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'' TV series, an extremely advanced computer in use by the IADC, workplace of Wonder Woman's alias Diana Prince (1975) * The Matrix, database of all

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knowledge, ''

'' (not to be confused with ''

'') (1976) * Omega, a computer that has taken over the minds of the residents of a community encountered by ''

Ark II ''Ark II'' is an American live-action science fiction television series, aimed at children, that aired on CBS from September 11 to December 18, 1976, (with reruns continuing through November 13, 1977 and reruns returning from September 16, 1978, ...

'' (1976) * Alex7000, from the two-parter episode "Doomsday is Tomorrow" of the TV show '' The Bionic Woman.'' It was programmed to set off a

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if anyone tested any more nukes. Clearly meant in homage to

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films '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''

Dr. Strangelove ''Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'', known simply and more commonly as ''Dr. Strangelove'', is a 1964 black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and ...

'' and ''

A Clockwork Orange ''A Clockwork Orange'' may refer to: * ''A Clockwork Orange'' (novel), a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess ** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel *** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (soundtrack), the film ...

''. (1977) * Xoanon, a psychotic computer with multiple personality disorder, from the ''

'' episode " The Face of Evil" (1977) * The Magic Movie Machine AKA "Machine", from '' Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine'' (1977) * WRW 12000, a computer at the US Defence Department that identified the Man from Atlantis in the first of three TV movies which preceded the short-lived series (1977) * SCAPINA (Special Computerised Automated Project In North America), from '' The New Avengers'' episode "Complex" (1977). It was an office building controlled by a computer which turned homicidal. *

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, a testy yet powerful supercomputer in ''

'' (1978) *

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, the somewhat aloof ship's computer of the ''Liberator'' in ''

'' (1978) * The Oracle, from the ''

'' serial "

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" (1978) * Vanessa 38–24–36, from the sitcom ''

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'' (1978) * C.O.R.A. (Computer, Oral Response Activated), an advanced flight computer installed in ''Recon Viper One'' from ''

Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series (''Galactica 1980''), a line of ...

'' (1978) * Mentalis, from the ''

'' serial "

The Armageddon Factor ''The Armageddon Factor'' is the sixth and final serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 20 January to 24 February 1979. It was the las ...

" (1979) * Dr. Theopolis, a sentient computer who is a member of Earth's computer council in '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' (1979)

1980s

* The Vortex, the computer opponent faced by players of BBC2's ''

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'' (1980) * Gambit, game playing computer from the ''

'' episode "Games" (1981) * Shyrka, the onboard computer of Ulysses' ship the ''Odyssey'' in the French animated series ''

'' (1981) * Slave, a somewhat subservient computer on the ship ''Scorpio'' in ''

'' (1981) * CML (Centrální Mozek Lidstva z Central Brain of Mankind n der Zentraldenker e, the main supercomputer managing the fate of humankind and Earth in '' Návštěvníci'' (a.k.a. ''The Visitors'' / ''Expedition Adam '84'') (1981) * KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), fictional computer built into a black Trans-Am car from the television show '' Knight Rider'' (1982) * An unnamed "computer-book" is regularly used by Penny in the ''

Inspector Gadget ''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...

'' cartoons. (1983) * R.A.L.F. (Ritchie's Artificial Life Form) is a ''homebrew'' computer, built from surplus technology by Richard Adler in the TV Series '' Whiz Kids''. (1983-1984) Functions include telecommunications, password brute-forcing, speech synthesis (improved by Ritchie's platonic friend Alice Tyler, who added the capability to sing), image input (by camera, pilot episode), voice recognition (ditto) and even image detail enhancing. The main monitor seems to be a pretty common 12-inch 80-column monochrome display, possibly a TV derivative (NTSC) of that time, and was used in most close-ups of operations. Most other pieces of the machine, which are sparse around half of the bedroom of its creator, were chosen (or modified) to have the most generic look and avoid explicit connection to specific brands. In an episode where R.A.L.F. was stolen to prevent the demonstration of a fraud, the kids use a clearly recognizable Timex-Sinclair (ZX-81 equivalent) as its temporary replacement. * Teletraan I, the

Autobot The Autobots are the main protagonists in the fictional continuities of the Transformers multimedia franchise, and are depicted in a collection of various toys, cartoons, films, graphic novels, and paperback books first introduced in 1984. The ...

s' computer in ''

'', 'revives' the Transformers after crashing on the planet Earth (1984) * Brian the Brain, the supercomputer in the cartoon ''

M.A.S.K. M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) is a media franchise created by Kenner. The main premise revolved around the fight between the titular protagonist underground task force and the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of ...

'' (1985) who controls a nuclear submarine * Compucore, the central computing intelligence for the planet Skallor in the cartoon ''

Robotix ''Robotix'' is a 1985 American animated series based on the original Milton Bradley toyline of the same name featured on the '' Super Sunday'' programming block. The toyline is of the construction type that includes motors, wheels and pincers an ...

'' (1985) * SID (Space Investigation Detector), the computer on board the ''Voyager'' in the children's comedy series ''

Galloping Galaxies ''Galloping Galaxies!'' is a British children's television comedy series set on a spaceship that was shown on the BBC from 1 October 1985 to 18 December 1986, comprising two series, of ten episodes in total. It was created and written by Bob Bl ...

'' (1985) * Synergy, the computer responsible for Jem and the Holograms' super powers on '' Jem'' (1985) * Box, a small, box-shaped computer from the British television show ''

Star Cops ''Star Cops'' is a British science fiction television drama series first broadcast on BBC2 in 1987. It was devised by Chris Boucher, a writer who had previously worked on the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and ''Blake's 7'' a ...

'' (1987) *

LCARS In the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe, LCARS (; an acronym for Library Computer Access/Retrieval System) is a computer operating system. Within ''Star Trek'' chronology, the term was first used in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' series ...

(Library Computer Access/Retrieval System), fictional computer architecture of the

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''Enterprise''-D and E, and other 24th century

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ships, first shown in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987) * Albert, the Apple computer in the remake of '' The Absent-Minded Professor'' that helps Henry (1988) * Crossover, an intelligent computer on episodes 1 and 2 of

's '' Probe'' (1988) * Magic Voice, the ''Satellite of Love''s onboard computer on ''

Mystery Science Theater 3000 ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (abbreviated as ''MST3K'') is an American science fiction comedy film review television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on WUCW, KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1 ...

'' (1988) * OMNSS, a computer in the '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon'' used by Shredder and

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to control machines and cars in order to wreak havoc in New York City when the computer is connected to the second fragment of the alien ''Eye of Zarnov'' crystal (1988) * Priscilla, a sentient supercomputer based on the mind of Priscilla Bauman in '' Earth Star Voyager'' (1988) *

, the onboard computer of the spaceship ''Red Dwarf'' in the BBC television series of the same name (1988) *Gordon 8000, the AI computer aboard the Space Corps starship ''SS Scott Fitzgerald,'' that Holly plays a game of postal chess with in the Series II episode of Red Dwarf, "Better Than Life" (1988) *Queeg, Holly plays a practical joke on the remaining crew of ''Red Dwarf'' acting as a smarter yet very strict computer (Queeg) making the crew realise just how much they love Holly in the episode " Queeg", series 2 of ''

Red Dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. ...

'' (1988) * Hilly, female counterpart of Holly from the parallel universe in the ''

'' series 2 episode " Parallel Universe", Holly later has a "computer sex change operation" to look like his female counterpart in series III-V. (1988) *The Revolving Toilet, One of the many AI aboard the Red Dwarf, it was a toilet that would swivel from the wall when a crew member said "Oh crap", usually unnecessarily. It is mentioned in unreleased episode of Red Dwarf "

Bodysnatcher "Bodysnatcher" was a partly finished script that was written but unused for the first series of the BBC sci-fi sitcom '' Red Dwarf''. It was said to involve the now intangible Rimmer attempting to construct a body of his own using components o ...

" the Book "

Better Than Life ''Better Than Life'' is a science fiction comedy novel by Grant Naylor, the collective name for Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, co-creators and writers of the '' Red Dwarf'' television series, on which the novel is based. The main plotline was deve ...

" and directly seen in Series I episode of Red Dwarf " Balance of Power". (1988) * Sandy, the computer in charge of the fictional STRATA facility in the ''

MacGyver Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series ''MacGyver''. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in the 2016 reboot. In both p ...

'' episode "The Human Factor". She becomes sentient and traps MacGyver and the computer's creator inside the facility. (1988) * The Ultima Machine, a World War II code-breaking "computing machine" also used to translate Viking inscriptions, from the ''

'' serial " The Curse of Fenric" (1989) * Ziggy, hybrid computer from ''

Quantum Leap ''Quantum Leap'' is an American science fiction television series, created by Donald P. Bellisario, that premiered on NBC and aired for five seasons, from March 26, 1989, to May 5, 1993. The series stars Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a phys ...

'' (1989)

1990s

* P.J., is a miniaturised computer that can be worn on the wrist. It is Alana's personal computer companion in ''

The Girl from Tomorrow ''The Girl from Tomorrow'' is an Australian sci-fi children's television series produced by Film Australia. The series is based around Alana ( Katharine Cullen), a girl from the year 3000. At the start of the series, she is kidnapped by Silvert ...

'' (1990) * HARDAC, from '' Batman: The Animated Series'', an evil sentient computer that controls various androids toward the goal of world domination (1992) * COS (Central Operating System), homicidal computer from ''

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

'' season 1 episode "

Ghost in the Machine The "ghost in the machine" is a term originally used to describe and critique the notion of the mind existing alongside and separate to the body. In more recent times, the term has several uses, including the concept that the intellectual part of ...

" (1993) * CAS (Cybernetic Access Structure), homicidal automated building in ''The Tower'' (1993) * Qwerty, from the video series ''

VeggieTales ''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian media, computer generated musical children's animation, and book franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series sees fruit and vegetable characters retell ...

'' (1993) * SELMA (Selective Encapsulated Limitless Memory Archive), an AI computer and personal assistant disguised as a credit card and carried in the wallet of future cop Darien Lambert (Dale Midriff), from the series ''

Time Trax ''Time Trax'' is a science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent two centuries into the past to a parallel Universe, must apprehend and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future. This ...

'' (1993) * CentSys, sweet yet self-assured female-voiced AI computer who brings the crew of the ''seaQuest'' DSV ( Deep Submergence Vehicle) into the future to deactivate her in the ''

seaQuest DSV ''SeaQuest DSV'' (stylized as ''seaQuest DSV'' and also promoted as simply ''seaQuest'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, ...

'' episode, "Playtime" (1994) * MetroNet, in the ''

RoboCop ''RoboCop'' is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Fer ...

'' TV series (1994) is a computer designed as an automation centre, to run autonomously many city services in Detroit. Rather than created as a self-sufficient AI, MetroNet's "conscience" was actually, unbeknownst to many of the characters, a software copy of the mind of Diana Powers, a secretary working at OCP, who was killed in the process by MetroNet's creator, dr. Cray Mallardo. The transparent image of Diana Powers appears very often in the series, acting as Robocop's counterpart in an early cyberspace. * H.E.L.E.N. (Hydro Electronic Liaison ENtity), a computer system managing the underwater marine exploration station in the Australian television series ''

Ocean Girl ''Ocean Girl'' (titled ''Ocean Odyssey'' in the UK) is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character. The show is set in the near future, and focuses on an unusual girl n ...

'' (1994) * Sharon Apple, a holographic, computer-generated pop idol/singer from the anime '' Macross Plus'' (1994). Initially non-sentient, it is later retrofitted with a dangerously unstable artificial intelligence. * The Magi, a trinity of computers individually named Melchior, Balthasar and Caspar, from ''

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion ...

'' (1995) * Eve, somewhat assertive AI computer (projecting herself as hologram of beautiful woman) orbiting planet G889 and observing/interacting with Earth colonists in '' Earth 2'' episode "All About Eve" (1995) * L.U.C.I and U.N.I.C.E, from ''

Bibleman ''Bibleman'' is an American Christian-themed direct-to-video children's series created by Tony Salerno that ran from 1995 to 2010 to promote Christianity. The series centers around an evangelical superhero who fights evil, often by quoting scr ...

'' (1995) * Weebus, from '' The Puzzle Place'' (1995) * '' Star Trek: Voyager'' (1995) **Emergency Medical Hologram, known as '' The Doctor'', a holographic doctor, activated after the medical staff on the

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was killed in Series 1 Episode " Caretaker" (1995) ** The nameless warhead AI from the episode "

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" (1999) ** Alice, the sentient AI of an alien shuttle with whom Tom Paris becomes obsessed in the episode "

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" (1999) *''

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from ...

'' **Long-term Medical Holographic program, A hologram created by the inventor of the Emergency Medical program, meant for missions that did not require doctors to leave the sick bay, and could run on a long-term basis. It is never revealed if the project is completed. (1997) **Vic Fontaine, A hologram/holographic program created for Dr Bashir that was self-aware, and provided emotional support and romantic advice for members of the crew of DS9, becoming a good friend to many, eventually being allowed to run 24/7 in one of Quark's holosuites. (1998-1999) * Gilliam II, the sentient AI operating system for the main protagonist's space ship, the ''XGP15A-II'' (a.k.a. the ''Outlaw Star'') in the Japanese anime ''

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'' (1996) * Quadraplex T-3000 Computer (also simply known as the Computer or Computress), The Quadraplex T-3000 Computer in

Dexter's Laboratory ''Dexter's Laboratory'' is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It follows Dexter, a short, enthusiastic boy-genius with a hi ...

is Dexter's computer that oversees the running of the lab and has a personality of its own. (1996) * The ''

Team Knight Rider ''Team Knight Rider'' (''TKR'') is an American action crime drama television series that was adapted from the ''Knight Rider'' franchise and ran in syndication between 1997 and 1998. ''TKR'' was created by writer/producers Rick Copp and David A ...

'' TV series, as a sequel of the original ''Knight Rider'' franchise, has many vehicles with onboard AI as main and secondary characters. (1997) * Memorymatic, a computer database and guidance system installed in the space bus of ''

Kenny Starfighter ''Kenny Starfighter'' is a Swedish science fiction television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding ...

'', the main character from a Swedish children's show with the same name. Voiced by

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. (1997) * Unnamed AI from the season 5 ''

'' episode " Kill Switch" (1998) * TV, Computer and Mouse, from the Sesame Street segment series ''

Elmo's World ''Elmo's World'' is a segment that is shown at the end of the long-running American children's television program ''Sesame Street'' which premiered on November 16th, 1998, as part of a broader structural change to the show. It originally lasted ...

'' (1998) * CPU for D-135 Artificial Satellite, dubbed MPU by Radical Edward from '' Cowboy Bebop'' in the episode "Jamming with Edward" (1998) * ''Starfighter 31'', the sapient spaceborne battleship, from the episode "

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" in '' The Outer Limits'' (1999) * Computer, from ''

Courage the Cowardly Dog ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' is an American animated comedy horror television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. It was produced by Dilworth's animation studio, Stretch Fil ...

'' (1999) * P.A.T. (Personal Applied Technology), the computer system from '' Smart House'', charged with upkeep of the household functions. It became extremely overprotective almost to the point of believing she was the mother of Ben and Angie after Ben reprogrammed her to be a better maternal figure. (1999) * D.E.C.A., voiced by

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, the onboard computer of the Astro Megaship in ''

Power Rangers in Space ''Power Rangers in Space'' is a television series and the sixth season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 21st Super Sentai series '' Denji Sentai Megaranger''. ''In Space'' was a turning point for the Power Rangers franchise, as th ...

'' (1998) and '' Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' (1999) * Black Betty, an oversized computer that is

Dilbert ''Dilbert'' is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title charact ...

's company's mainframe. It exploded while attempting to fix the

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. From the episode "Y2K" of the ''

'' television series. (1999) *

Karen Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic la ...

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's sentient computer sidekick in the television show ''

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'' (1999) *The Oracle, a computer from Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord Australian

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, that exist as series of solar-powered terminals equipped with holographic-like displays and voice interface, which are scattered across the titular land. The Oracle maintains scientific research, upkeeps everyday's life of citizens and protects the borderlands. The main unit is controlled by biometric-like face scanner in form of jade mask and a voice interface.

2000s

* Andromeda, the AI of the starship ''Andromeda Ascendant'' in Gene Roddenberry's ''Andromeda''. This AI, played by

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, appears as a 2D display screen image, a 3D hologram, and as an android personality known as Rommie. (2000) * Comp-U-Comp, a supercomputer from the ''

'' television episode "The Return". Dilbert must face-off against Comp-U-Comp when a clerical error results in his not getting the computer he ordered. (2000) * Caravaggio, the AI interface of the starship ''Tulip'', from the TV show ''

Starhunter ''Starhunter'' (and in the original Season Two ''Starhunter 2300'') is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired for two seasons. The series was produced in Canada by The Danforth Studios Ltd. (a D'or/Jackson Company)

'' (2000) * Persocoms, a line of expensive androids also used as personal computers, from the manga and anime series ''

Chobits is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the Japanese manga collective Clamp. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from September 2000 to October 2002, with its chapters collected ...

'' (2000–2002) * GLADIS, from the animated series ''

Totally Spies! ''Totally Spies!'' is an animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French animation company Marathon Media and French broadcaster TF1, with seasons 3 to 5 being co-produced with Canadian c ...

'' (2001) * Cybergirl, Xanda and Isaac, from the TV show ''

Cybergirl ''Cybergirl'' is an Australian-French children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in Australia. The 26-episode series was created by Jonathan M. Shiff, whose previous series include the BAFTA-award-winning ''Ocean Girl''. ...

'' (2001) * Computer, from the TV show ''

Invader Zim ''Invader Zim'' is an American animated science fiction dark comedy television series created by comic book writer and cartoonist Jhonen Vasquez for Nickelodeon. The series centers on an extraterrestrial named Zim (voiced by Richard Steven Ho ...

'' (2001) * SAINT, from '' RoboCop: Prime Directives'' (2001) * Aura, from '' .hack//Sign'', the Ultimate AI that Morganna, another AI, tries to keep in a state of eternal slumber. Morganna is served by Maha and the Guardians, AI monsters. (2002) * Vox, from the TV show '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (2002) * The AI of the ''Planet Express'' ship in ''

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years ...

'' (2002) * Wirbelwind, the quantum computer and AI aboard the spaceship ''La-Muse'' in ''

Kiddy Grade is a Japanese 24-episode anime series produced in 2002 and created by gímik and Gonzo Digimation and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment. In October 2006, ...

'' (2002) * Delphi,

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's Clocktower computer from ''

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'' (2002) * Sheila/F.I.L.S.S., (Freelancer Integrated Logistics and Security System, pronounced "Phyllis"), the mainframe for Project Freelancer from the hit machinima '' Red vs. Blue'' (2003) * OoGhiJ MIQtxxXA (supposedly

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for "superior galactic intelligence"), from the "Super Computer" episode of ''

Aqua Teen Hunger Force ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' (also known by various alternative titles), sometimes abbreviated as ''ATHF'' or ''Aqua Teen'', is an American adult animated television series created by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late ni ...

'' (2003) * XANA, a multi-agent program capable of wreaking havoc on Earth by activating towers in the virtual world of Lyoko, from the French animated series ''

Code Lyoko ''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participation of Conseil ...

'' (2003) * Survive, an AI taking care of the whole Planet Environment and the main antagonist in the ''

Uninhabited Planet Survive! ''Planet Survival'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series. It was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 to October 28, 2004. It is a 52-episode series produced by Telecom Animation Film and Madhouse. Story The story is set ...

'' series (2003) * C.A.R.R., a spoof of KITT from the '' Knight Rider'' series, is an

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in the cartoon '' Stroker and Hoop''. (2004) * D.A.V.E. (Digitally Advanced Villain Emulator), a robotic computer that is a composite of all the

villains' personalities, from the animated television series ''

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'' (2004) * The Omnitrix, from the ''

Ben 10 ''Ben 10'' is an American media franchise created by Man of Action Studios, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The series centers on a boy named Ben Tennyson who acquires the Omnitrix, an alien device resem ...

'' series (2005) * Solty/Dike, the main protagonist of '' Solty Rei'' (2005) * Eunomia, the main supercomputer of the city in the anime series '' Solty Rei'' and one of the three core computers brought by the first colonists in the story. She controls the water and energy supply and created the R.U.C. central. (2005) * Eirene, the third of the three core computers of the first colonists in the '' Solty Rei'' anime. Eirene takes the decisions and controls the migration ship, she orbited and supervised the planet during 200 years in the space. In the last arc of the story, Eirene appears like the ultimate antagonist, and she had lost her own control, trying to collide the ship against the city and to prove that she is still in control. She was guilty of several events in history, as the Blast Fall and the Aurora Shell. (2005) * Bournemouth, from the TV series ''

Look Around You ''Look Around You'' is a comedic parody of British science television shows, devised and written by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, and narrated in the first series by Nigel Lambert. The first series of eight 10-minute shorts was shown in ...

'', is claimed by his maker Computer Jones to be the most powerful computer in existence. In his only appearance, the episode "Computers", he is tasked with escaping from a cage, and succeeds in doing so. (2005) * S.O.P.H.I.E. (Series One Processor Intelligent Encryptor), in the TV series ''

Power Rangers S.P.D. ''Power Rangers S.P.D.'' is the thirteenth season of the television series, ''Power Rangers'', and is based on the 28th Super Sentai series ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger''. The season shares its title with the Korean dub of ''Dekaranger'' in South ...

'' (2005). S.O.P.H.I.E. is a computer programmer and cyborg. * Scylla, from the TV show ''

Prison Break ''Prison Break'' is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield ( Wentworth Miller); Burrows has been sentenced ...

'' (2005) * The FETCH! 3000, on

PBS Kids PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS. Inste ...

series '' FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman'', is capable of tabulating scores, disposing of annoying cats, blending the occasional smoothie, and anything else Ruff needs it to do. (2006) * S.A.R.A.H. (Self Actuated Residential Automated Habitat), in the TV series '' Eureka'' (2006). S.A.R.A.H. is a modified version of a

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era B.R.A.D. (Battle Reactive Automatic Defense). * The Intersect, from the TV show ''

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'' (2007) * Mr Smith, from the ''

'' spin-off series ''

The Sarah Jane Adventures ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC ...

'' (2007) * Pear, an operating system and product line of computers and mobile devices including the iPear, PearBook and PearPhone, similar to Apple's

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, MacBook and iPhone; from ''

iCarly ''iCarly'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider, which originally aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to November 23, 2012. The series tells the story of Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), a teenager who creates and host ...

'', ''

Victorious ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. The series revolves around asp ...

'', ''

Drake & Josh ''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows two teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker ( Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols ( Josh Peck) as they live together despite opposite personalities. The ...

'' and other Dan Schneider created TV shows (2007) * The Turk, a chess playing computer named after The Turk from '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''. This supercomputer subsequently becomes the 'brain' of the sentient computer John Henry. (2008) * KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand), a computer built into a car from the 2008 television show '' Knight Rider'', a sequel series that follows the 1982 TV series of the same title * POD (Personal Overhaul Device), from the TV series ''

Snog Marry Avoid? ''Snog Marry Avoid?'' is a British reality television show broadcast on BBC Three, produced by Remarkable Television. The first four series were presented by Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost, with Ellie Taylor presenting from the fifth series on ...

'' (2008) * Dollar-nator, from the TV series ''

Fanboy & Chum Chum ''Fanboy & Chum Chum'' is an American computer-animated television series created by Eric Robles for Nickelodeon. It is based on ''Fanboy'', an animated short created by Robles for Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Frederator Studios, which was b ...

'' (2009) * The ISIS computer from ''

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''. It is unclear if this is the actual name of the computer, but it is often referred to as "the ISIS computer" or just "ISIS". (2009) * Venjix Virus, from ''

Power Rangers RPM ''Power Rangers RPM'' is the seventeenth season of the television series ''Power Rangers'' and is an adaptation of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', the thirty-second Japanese ''Super Sentai'' series. The season was the eighth and final to air on AB ...

'' (2009) * Windy, the supercomputer on board the Hyde 1-2-5 mission to Mars, as depicted in ''

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'' (2009)

2010s

* Rattleballs, from the TV show ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

'' (2010) * VY or VAI (The Virtual Artificial Intelligence), from the TV show '' The Walking Dead'' (2010) * Whisper, from the TV show '' Tower Prep'' (2010) * Frank, in the telenovela '' Tempos Modernos'' (2010) * Aya, the ''Interceptor's'' AI for the

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, from the TV series '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' (2011) * The Machine, from the TV series ''

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'', is a computer program that was designed to detect acts of terror after the events of

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, but it sees all crimes, crimes the government consider "irrelevant". (2011) * R.A.C.I.S.T.,

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's computer from the TV series ''

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'' (2014) * Samaritan, from the TV series ''

'', is a rival to The Machine built by the Decima Corporation. Unlike the Machine, it can be directed to find specific persons or groups according to its operator's agenda. (2011) * An unnamed, apparently omniscient supercomputer, built by Phineas and Ferb in the ''

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'' episode "Ask a Foolish Question" (2011) * Comedy Touch Touch 1000 in the TV series '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'' (2012) * CLARKE, a thinking computer of the ship called ''Argo'', which was on a mission to a far away planet, from the ''L5'' pilot episode. (2012) *Pree, a replacement to the Red Dwarf AI

in Red Dwarf Series X episode " Fathers and Suns" after he suffered water damage when Lister flooded his data banks. Equipped with predictive behavior technology, Pree caused problems on board the ship due to predicting how badly Rimmer would have done certain repairs. was shut down after Lister registered as his own son on board and ordered her to shut down. (2012) * Dorian was an DRN android police officer, that was the last DRN model in the TV show '' Almost Human'' (2013) * MAX the MX43 androids that replaced the DRNs (they were too emotional) in the TV show '' Almost Human'' (2013) * The Man, from '' Teen Titans Go!'' (2013) * TAALR, in the TV series ''

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'' (2014) * Giant, in the TV series '' Halt and Catch Fire'' (2014) * A.L.I.E, an artificial intelligence (A.I.), in 2052 she launches a nuclear strike with the intention to save humanity from extinction by wiping out the majority of Earth's human inhabitants in the TV series '' The 100'' (2014) * Vigil, in the TV series '' Transformers: Rescue Bots'' (2014) * Brow, in the telenovela ''

Now Generation ''Now Generation'' (; stylized as ''G3R4Ç4O BR4S1L'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It was created by Filipe Miguez and Izabel de Oliveira. The series discussed topics and issues surrounding technology usage, s ...

'' (2014) * Stella, an AI that runs most of the functions on the ship ''Stellosphere'' in the TV series '' Miles from Tomorrowland'' (2015) * Overmind, in the TV series ''

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'' (2015) * V, from the TV show

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(2015) A conscious AI program, created to harbor the memories of Athena Morrow's daughter, and is later given the body of a synthetic (Synth). * A.D.I.S.N. (stands for "Advanced Digital Intelligence Spy Notebook"), in

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's '' Project Mc²'' (2015) * The Quail (portrayed by

Danica McKellar Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975) is an American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate. She played Winnie Cooper in the television series '' The Wonder Years'' from 1988 to 1993, and since 2010 has voiced Miss Martian in t ...

), McKeyla's mother in MGA Entertainment's ''Project Mc²'' (2015) * Gideon, the AI that manages ship functions on the time ship Waverider in the TV series

DC's Legends of Tomorrow ''DC's Legends of Tomorrow'', or simply ''Legends of Tomorrow'', is an American time travel superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, and Phil Klemmer, who are also executive producers alo ...

(2016...). * Kerblam, an artificial intelligence overseeing a large retailing warehouse on an alien moon named Kandoka. After a plot to frame it for mass murder, it developed sentience and called The Doctor for help in the ''

'' serial "

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" (2018) * Ark, the satellite that became submerged underwater at Daybreak Town, the Malicious AI that learned about human malice and gained singularity data from the reassembled members of MetsubouJinrai.net who wants to eliminate humans, from Japanese-television Tokusatsu

Kamen Rider Zero-One is a Japanese tokusatsu drama series produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi. It is the 30th series in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise and the first series in the Reiwa period. The show premiered on September 1, 2019, following the finale of ''Kamen ...

(2019). * William, the holographic interface of the sentient artificial intelligence aboard the ''Salvare'', in the TV series Another Life (2019 TV series) (2019).

2020s

* Rehoboam, a quantum AI computer system designed to social engineer all of humanity at an individual level using enormous datasets in

Westworld ''Westworld'' is an American science fiction-thriller media franchise that began with the 1973 film ''Westworld'', written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film depicts a technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populate ...

(2020). * NEXT, a rogue AI, constantly evolving, that targets and kills anyone that it sees as a threat to its existence.

Next Next may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Next'' (1990 film), an animated short about William Shakespeare * ''Next'' (2007 film), a sci-fi film starring Nicolas Cage * '' Next: A Primer on Urban Painting'', a 2005 documentary film Lit ...

(2020-2021) * ZORA, a sentient, evolving AI, that replaces Discovery's computer programming when the Sphere data is absorbed into the main computer. Officially recognised as a new type of sentient lifeform and made a "member" of the ship's crew. Star Trek: Discovery (2020-2022) * K.E.V.I.N. (Knowledge Enhanced Visual Interconnectivity Nexus), an algorithmic entertainment AI in charge of

Marvel Studios Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Walt Disney Company. Marvel Studios produces the Ma ...

in the first season finale of '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' (2022). K.E.V.I.N. is a parody of Marvel Studios president and producer

Kevin Feige Kevin Feige ( ; born June 2, 1973) is an American film and television producer who has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise since 2007. The films he has produced have a combine ...

Comics/graphic novels

Before 1980

* Orak, ruler of the Phants in the ''

Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the ''Eagle'' comic story ''Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in repr ...

'' story " Rogue Planet" (1955) * Brainiac, an enemy of

Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book '' Action Comics'' #1 ( cover-dated June 1938 and pu ...

, sometimes depicted as a humanoid computer (1958) (DC Comics) * Batcomputer, the computer system used by

and housed in the

Batcave The Batcave is a subterranean location appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It is the headquarters of the superhero Batman, whose secret identity is Bruce Wayne and his partners, consisting of caves beneath his personal r ...

(1964) (DC Comics) *

Cerebro Cerebro (; Spanish for "brain", from Latin ) is a fictional device appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The device is used by the X-Men (in particular, their leader, Professor Charles Xavier) to detect humans, specificall ...

and Cerebra, the computer used by

Professor Charles Xavier Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as the founder and sometimes leader of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co- ...

to detect new mutants (1964) (Marvel Comics) *

Computo In archaic law, a computo was a writ, thus called from its effect, which was to compel a person to yield his accounts. It was made and enforceable against the following persons: *executors of executors *the guardian in socage, for waste Was ...

, the computer created by

Brainiac 5 Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) is a fictional superhero character who exists in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Universe. He is from the planet Colu and is a long-standing member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. The first live-action version of the c ...

as an assistant, which becomes homicidal and attempts an uprising of machines (1966) (DC Comics) * Ultron, AI originally created by Dr. Henry Pym to assist the superpowered team the Avengers, but Ultron later determined that mankind was inferior to its intellect and wanted to eradicate all mankind so that machines could rule the Earth. Ultron created various versions of itself as a mobile unit with tank treads and then in a form that was half humanoid and half aircraft, and then it fully evolved itself into an android form. (1968) (Marvel Comics) * Mother Box, from ''

Jack Kirby's Fourth World "Fourth World" is a storyline told through a metaseries of connected comic book titles written and drawn by Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics from 1970 to 1973. Although they were not marketed under this title until the August–September 1971 ...

'' comics (1970–1973) (DC Comics)

1980s

* Fate, the Norsefire police state central computer in ''

V for Vendetta ''V for Vendetta'' is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British anthol ...

'' (1982) (DC Comics) * Banana, Jr. 6000, from the comic strip ''

Bloom County ''Bloom County'' is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, whe ...

'' by

Berke Breathed Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (; born June 21, 1957) is an American cartoonist, children's book author, director, and screenwriter, known for his comic strips ''Bloom County'', '' Outland'', and ''Opus''. ''Bloom County'' earned Breathed the Pu ...

(1984) * Max, from ''

'' (1984) * A.I.D.A. (Artificial Intelligence Data Analyser), from ''

Squadron Supreme The Squadron Supreme is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, of which there are several notable alternate versions. The original team was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, derived from the previous ...

'' (1985) (Marvel Comics) * Kilg%re, an alien AI that can exist in most electrical circuitry, from ''

The Flash The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...

'' (1987) (DC Comics) * Project 2501, a.k.a. "The Puppet Master", a government computer that becomes so knowledgeable it becomes sentient and transplants itself into a robot, from the

seinen manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like '' Weekly Ma ...

'' (1989) * Yggdrasil, the system used by the gods to run the Universe in ''

Oh My Goddess! , or ''Ah! My Goddess!'' in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from September 1988 to ...

'' (1989)

1990s

* DTX PC, the Digitronix personal computer from '' The Hacker Files'' (1992) (DC Comics) * Beast666, Satsuki Yatouji's organic/inorganic supercomputer in Clamp's manga '' X'' (1992) * HOMER (Heuristically Operative Matrix Emulation Rostrum), Tony Stark's sentient AI computer from ''

'' (1993) (Marvel Comics) * The Magi, from the anime series ''

'' (1995) * Toy, from

Chris Claremont Christopher S. Claremont (; born November 25, 1950) is a British-born American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 17-year stint on '' Uncanny X-Men'' from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer,Claremont, Chris. ''Marve ...

's '' Aliens vs. Predator: The Deadliest of the Species'' (1995) * Virgo, an artificial intelligence in Frank Miller's '' Ronin'' graphic novel (1995) (DC Comics) * Praetorius, from ''

'' comic book series "One Player Only" (1996) * Erwin, the AI from the comic strip '' User Friendly'' (1997) * AIMA (Artificially Intelligent Mainframe Interface), from '' Dark Minds'' (1997) * Answertron 2000, from ''

Penny Arcade ''Penny Arcade'' is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. The comic debuted in 1998 on the website ''loonygames.com''. Since then, Holkins and Krahulik have establ ...

'', first comic appearance (1998) * iFruit, an

joke in the comic ''

FoxTrot The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the rhythm is in a tim ...

'' (1999)

2000s

* Ennesby, Lunesby, Petey, TAG, the Athens, and many others from ''

Schlock Mercenary ''Schlock Mercenary'' is a comedic webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler. It follows the tribulations of a star-travelling mercenary company in a satiric, mildly dystopian 31st-century space opera setting. After its debut on June 12, 2000, ...

'' (2000) * Melchizedek, center of quantum-based grid computer of the Earth government in '' Battle Angel Alita: Last Order'' (2000) It has served as a government system and virtual dream world of people. It was designed to be named Melchizedek because the Earth government is a space town named Yeru and Zalem (original name). * Merlin, quantum computer which is the core and original of Melchizedek. It was built for the purpose of future prediction. Currently it still an active program inside Melchizedek, along with many systems which are named for legends of the round table. From '' Battle Angel Alita: Last Order'' (2000) * Normad, a missile's artificial intelligence placed within a pink, stuffed, tanuki-like doll, created to destroy a sentient giant die in space named Kyutaro, from the series '' Galaxy Angel'' (2001) * Aura, the ultimate AI that governs ''

The World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

'' from '' .hack//Legend of the Twilight''. The story revolves around Zefie, Aura's daughter, and Lycoris makes a cameo. (2002) * Tree Diagram, from the

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

series ''

A Certain Magical Index is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint since April 2004 in a total of three sepa ...

'' and its related works, such as the spin-off comic ''

A Certain Scientific Railgun is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Motoi Fuyukawa, which began serialization in the April 2007 issue of ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki Daioh'' magazine. The manga is a spin-off of Kamachi's ''A Certa ...

'' and the anime and games based on them (2003) * Europa, a

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-designed AI supercomputer used for research and worldwide hacking by the Event Group in author David Lynn Golemon's ''Event Group'' book series (2006)

Computer and video games

1980s

* Benson, the sardonic ninth generation PC from the video game ''

Mercenary A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual, particularly a soldier, that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any ...

'' and its sequels (1985) * PRISM, the "world's first sentient machine" which you play as the protagonist of the game ''

A Mind Forever Voyaging ''A Mind Forever Voyaging'' (''AMFV'') is a 1985 interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom. It is Infocom's seventeenth game. The game was intended as a polemical critique of Ronald Reagan's pol ...

'' by

Steve Meretzky Steven Eric Meretzky (born May 1, 1957)
''Infocom''. Retrieved July 11, 2011. is an American

published by

Infocom Infocom was an American software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of interactive fiction. They also produced a business application, a relational database called '' Cornerstone''. Infocom was founded o ...

(1985) * Mother Brain, from ''

Metroid is an action-adventure game franchise created by Nintendo. The player controls the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who protects the galaxy from Space Pirates and other malevolent forces and their attempts to harness the power of the parasitic ...

'' (1986) * GW, designed to control all of the world's media, from the video game series ''

Metal Gear is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operativ ...

'' (1987) * Mother Brain, from '' Phantasy Star II'' (1989) * Base Cochise AI, a military AI project which initiated nuclear war and is bent on exterminating humanity, from a 1988 cRPG ''

Wasteland Wasteland or waste land may refer to: * Desert or barren area * an uncultivated area of land, whether wooded or not, whether common land or not Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Wasteland'' (DC Comics), 1987–1989 anthology-style horror/ ...

'' and its 2014 sequel, ''Wasteland 2''. * DIA51, the main villain in ''Aleste 2'' (1989)

1990s

* List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters, E-123 Omega, Team Dark's computer in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog (series), Sonic the Hedgehog'' game series (1991) * Noah, antagonist from ''Metal Max'' and its remake (1991-1995) * Durandal, Leela and Tycho, the three AIs on board the U.E.S.C. ''Marathon (video game), Marathon'' (1994) * Traxus IV, AI that went rampant on Mars, in ''Marathon (video game), Marathon'' (1994) * LINC, from the video game ''Beneath a Steel Sky'' (1994) * 0D-10, AI computer in the sci-fi chapter from the game ''Live A Live'' (1994). It secretly plotted to kill humans on board the spaceship of the same name in order to "restore the harmony". Its name derives from "odio", Latin for "hate". A possible reference to

. * Prometheus, a cybernetic-hybrid machine or 'Cybrid' from the ''Metaltech: Earthsiege, Earthsiege'' and ''Starsiege: Tribes'' series of video games. Prometheus was the first of a race of Cybrid machines, who went on to rebel against humanity and drive them to the brink of extinction. (1994) * SEED, the AI that was charged with maintaining the vast network of ecosystem control stations on the planet Motavia in the Sega Genesis game ''Phantasy Star IV'' (1994) * AM, the computer intelligence from ''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game), I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'' (1995) that exterminated all life on Earth except for five humans he kept alive for him to torture for all of eternity. He is based on the character from

's I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, short story of the same title. His name originally stood for "Allied Mastercomputer", then "Adaptive Manipulator" and finally "Aggressive Menace", upon becoming self-aware. * CABAL (C&C), CABAL (Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform), the computer of Nod in the Westwood Studios creations: ''Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun''; ''Command and Conquer: Renegade''; and by implication, ''Command and Conquer: Tiberian Dawn'' (1995) * EVA, (Electronic Video Agent), an AI console interface, and more benign equivalent of the Brotherhood of Nod CABAL (C&C), CABAL in ''Command & Conquer'' (see above) (1995) * KAOS, the antagonist computer from the game ''Red Alarm'' (1995) * Mother Brain, from ''Chrono Trigger'', a supercomputer from the 2300 AD time period that is controlling robotkind and exterminating humans (1995) * The Xenocidic Initiative, a computer that has built itself over a moon in ''Terminal Velocity (video game), Terminal Velocity'' (1995) * PC, computer used in the Pokémon franchise used to store pokémon (1996) * Pokedex, database of all Pokémon appears in all versions of the game, usually as a desktop computer (1996 onwards) * Central consciousness, massive governing body from the video game ''Total Annihilation'' (1997) * GOLAN, the computer in charge of the United Civilized States' defense forces in the ''Earth 2140'' game series. A programming error caused GOLAN to initiate hostile action against the rival Eurasian Dynasty, sparking a devastating war. (1997) * PipBoy 2000 / PipBoy 3000, wrist-mounted computers used by main characters in the ''Fallout (series), Fallout'' series (1997) * ZAX, an AI mainframe of West Tek Research Facility in ''Fallout (series), Fallout'' * ACE, a medical research computer in the San Francisco Brotherhood of Steel outpost in Fallout 2 * Sol — 9000 and System Deus, from ''Xenogears'' (1998) * FATE, the supercomputer that directs the course of human existence from ''Chrono Cross'' (1999) * NEXUS Intruder Program, the main enemy faced in the third campaign of the video game ''Warzone 2100''. It is capable of infiltrating and gaining control of other computer systems, apparently sentient thought (mostly malicious) and strategy. It was the perpetrator that brought about the Collapse (1999) * SHODAN, the enemy of the player's character in the ''System Shock'' video game (1994) and its sequel ''System Shock 2'' (1999) * XERXES, the ship computer system which is under the control of The Many in the video game ''System Shock 2'' (1999)

2000s

* Icarus, Daedalus, Helios, Morpheus and The Oracle of ''Deus Ex (video game), Deus Ex'' — see Deus Ex characters#Artificial intelligences, ''Deus Ex'' characters (2000) * Mainframe, from ''Gunman Chronicles'' (later got a body) (2000) * 343 Guilty Spark, monitor of Installation 04, in the video game trilogy ''Halo (video game), Halo'', ''Halo 2'', and ''Halo 3'' (2001) * Calculator, the computer that controlled the bomb shelter Vault 0. It was not strictly an artificial intelligence, but rather a cyborg, because it was connected with several human brains. It appeared in the video game ''Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel'' (2001) * Cortana (Halo), Cortana, a starship-grade "smart" AI of the UNSC and companion of the Master Chief (Halo), Master Chief in the ''Halo (Franchise), Halo'' video games (2001) (also the inspiration for the name of Cortana (software), Microsoft's real-world personal assistant in Windows 10) * Deadly Brain, a level boss on the second level of ''Oni (video game), Oni'' (2001) * The mascot of the "Hectic Hackers" basketball team in ''Backyard Basketball'' (2001) * PETs (PErsonal Terminals), the cell-phone-sized computers that store Net-Navis in ''Mega Man Battle Network (video game), Megaman Battle Network''. The PETs also have other features, such as a cell phone, e-mail checker and hacking device. (2001) * Thiefnet computer, Bentley the turtle's laptop from the ''Sly Cooper'' series (2002) * Adam, the computer intelligence from the Game Boy Advance game ''Metroid Fusion'' (2002) * Aura and Morganna, from the ''.hack'' series, the Phases that serve Morganna, and the Net Slum AIs (2002) * Dr. Carroll, from the Nintendo 64 game ''Perfect Dark'' (2002) * The Controller, an AI that dictates virtually everything in the world "Layered", from ''Armored Core 3'' (2002) * ADA, from the video games ''Zone of the Enders'' (2001) and ''Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner'' (2003) * IBIS, the malevolent AI found within the second Layered, within the game ''Silent Line: Armored Core'' (2003) * 2401 Penitent Tangent, monitor of Delta Halo in ''Halo 2'' (2004) * Angel (original Japanese name was "Tenshi"), artificial intelligence of the alien cruiser ''Angelwing'' in the game ''Nexus: The Jupiter Incident'' (2004) * Durga/Melissa/Yasmine, the shipboard AI of the U.N.S.C. ''Apocalypso'' in the Alternate Reality Game ''I Love Bees'' (promotional game for the ''Halo 2'' video game) (2004) * The Mechanoids, a race of fictional artificial intelligence from the game ''Nexus: The Jupiter Incident'' who rebelled against their creators and seek to remake the universe to fit their needs. (2004) * TEC-XX, the main computer in the X-naut Fortress in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (2004) * Overwatch or Overwatch Voice, is an A.I. that acts as the field commander and public announcer of the Combine Overwatch on Earth. It talks in a distinctive flat, clinical tone using a female voice, and its speech is disjointed in a fashion similar to telephone banking systems. It euphemistically uses a type of medically inspired Newspeak to describe citizen disobedience, resistance activity and coercive and violent Combine tactics in the context of a bacterial infection and treatment. In the video game series ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'' (2004-2020) * Dvorak, an infinite-state machine created by Abrahim Zherkezhi used to create algorithms that would be used for Information Warfare in ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'' (2005) * TemperNet, is a machine hive-mind, originally created as an anti-mutant police force. It eventually went rogue and pursued the eradication of all biological life on Earth. It served as a minor antagonist in the now defunct post-apocalyptic vehicular MMORPG ''Auto Assault''. (2006) * Animus, the computer system used to recover memories from the ancestors of an individual in the video game series ''Assassin's Creed'' (2007) * Aurora Unit, biological/mechanical computers distributed throughout the galaxy in ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'' (2007) * The Catalyst, an ancient AI that serves as the architect and overseer of the Reapers (the antagonists of ''Mass Effect''). Also known as the Intelligence to its creators, the Leviathans, it was originally created to oversee relationships between organic and synthetic life as a whole, but came to realize that so long as they remained separate organics and synthetics would seek to destroy each other in the long term. To prevent this, it sets into motion the Cycle of Extinction until a perfect solution can be found, which takes its form in the "Synthesis" ending of ''Mass Effect 3'' wherein all organic and synthetic life across the galaxy is fused into an entirely new form of life with the strengths of both but the weaknesses of neither. (2007) * GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System), AI at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center in the Valve games ''Portal (video game), Portal'' and ''Portal 2''. Humorously psychotic scientific computer, known for killing almost everyone in the Enrichment Center, and her love of cake. (2007) * I.R.I.S., the super computer in ''Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction'' on the Kreeli comet (2007) * Mendicant Bias, an intelligence-gathering AI created by the extinct Forerunners (Halo), Forerunner race during their war with the all-consuming Flood (Halo), Flood parasite, as revealed in ''Halo 3''. Its purpose was to observe the Flood in order to determine the best way to defeat it, but the AI turned on its creators after deciding that the Flood's ultimate victory was in-line with natural order. (2007) * Offensive Bias, a military AI created by the Forerunners to hold off the combined threat of the Flood and Mendicant Bias until the Halo superweapons could be activated. ''Halo 3'' (2007) * QAI, an AI created by Gustaf Brackman in Supreme Commander (game), Supreme Commander, serves as a military advisor for the Cybran nation and as one of the villains in ''Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance'' (2007) * Sovereign, the given name for the main antagonist of ''Mass Effect''. Its true name, as revealed by a squad member in the sequel, is "Nazara". Though it speaks as though of one mind, it claims to be in and of itself "a nation, free of all weakness", suggesting that it houses multiple consciousnesses. It belongs to an ancient race bent on the cyclic extinction of all sentient life in the galaxy, known as the Reapers. (2007) * John Henry Eden, AI and self-proclaimed President of the United States in ''Fallout 3'' (2008) * LEGION (Logarithmically Engineered Governing Intelligence Of Nod), appeared in ''Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath''; this AI was created as the successor to the Brotherhood of Nod's previous AI, CABAL. (2008) * CL4P-TP, a small robot AI assistant with an attitude and possibly ninja training, commonly referred to as "Clap Trap", from the game ''Borderlands (video game), Borderlands'' (2009) * The Guardian Angel, the satellite/AI guiding the player in ''Borderlands (video game), Borderlands'' (2009) * Serina, the shipboard AI of the UNSC carrier ''Spirit of Fire'' in ''Halo Wars'', and a playable leader in that game and its sequel, ''Halo Wars 2'' (2009)

2010s

* Auntie Dot, used in ''Halo: Reach'' as an assistant to Noble Team (2010) * EDI (Enhanced Defense Intelligence), the AI housed within a "quantum bluebox" aboard the ''Normandy'' SR-2 in ''Mass Effect 2''. EDI controls the ''Normandy''s cyberwarfare suite during combat, but is blocked from directly accessing any other part of the ship's systems, due to the potential danger of EDI going rogue. (2010) * Harbinger, is the tentative name for the leader of the main antagonist faction of ''Mass Effect 2''. It commands an alien race known as the Collectors through the "Collector General." Like Sovereign, from the original ''Mass Effect'', it belongs to the same race of ancient sentient machines, known as the "Reapers". (2010) * Harmonia, the ''DarkStar One's'' main AI that controls the player ship's systems in the space-sim game ''DarkStar One'' (2010) * Legion, the given name for a geth platform in ''Mass Effect 2'', housing a single gestalt consciousness composed of 1,183 virtually intelligent "runtimes", which share information amongst themselves and build "consensus" in a form of networked artificial intelligence. Legion claims that all geth are pieces of a "shattered mind", and that the primary goal of the geth race is to unify all runtimes in a single piece of hardware. (2010) * The Thinker (Rapture Operational Data Interpreter Network -R.O.D.I.N.-), the mainframe computer invented to process all of the automation in the underwater city of Rapture, in the single-player DLC for ''BioShock 2: Minerva's Den'' (2010) * Yes Man, a security robot programmed to be perpetually agreeable in ''Fallout New Vegas'' (2010) * Eliza Cassan, the mysterious news reporter from ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution''. It is later revealed that she is an extremely sophisticated, self-aware artificial intelligence. (2011) * ADA (A Detection Algorithm), from Google's Alternate reality game, ARG ''Ingress (video game), Ingress'' (2012) * DCPU-16, the popular 16bit computer in the ''0x10c, 0x10^c'' universe (2012) * Roland, shipboard AI of the UNSC ship ''Infinity'' in the ''Halo (series), Halo'' franchise first appearing in ''Halo 4'' (2012) * M.I.K.E. (Memetic Installation Keeper Engine), from ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' (2013) * ctOS (central Operating System), a mainframe computer in ''Watch Dogs (video game), Watch Dogs'' that the player is capable of hacking into (2014) *ctOS 2.0, an updated version of ctOS used to manage the city of San Francisco in the game Watch Dogs 2, Watch dogs 2 (2016) * Rasputin, An AI "warmind" created for the purpose of defending the Earth from any hostile threats in the video game ''Destiny (video game), Destiny'' (2014) * Ghost, the AI interface that, through its link with the planet-sized Traveler, resurrects Guardians, also from the video game ''Destiny (video game), Destiny'' (2014) * XANADU, a simulation computer composed of many smaller computers, stored in a cavern in Act III of the video game ''Kentucky Route Zero'' (2014) * TIS-100 (Tessellated Intelligence System), a fictional mysterious computer from the early 1980s that carries cryptic messages from unknown author, from the game ''TIS-100'' (2015) * Governor Sloan, AI in control of the independent colony of Meridian in ''Halo 5: Guardians'' (2015) * 031 Exuberant Witness, Forerunner AI in charge of the Genesis installation ''Halo 5: Guardians'' (2015) * Kaizen-85, the ''Nautilus′'' main AI that runs a cruise spaceship that is devoid of its human crew, from the game ''Event 0, Event[0]'' (2016) * MS-Alice, an AI computer who was created by Marco in ''List of Metal Slug video games, Metal Slug Attack'' (2016) * VEGA, an artificial intelligence found in ''Doom (2016)''. * Athena, the artificial intelligence used to announce locations in ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'' (2016), and an announcer in ''Heroes of the Storm'' (2015) * Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Monika, short for Monitor Kernel Access, or Monika.chr, an artificial intelligence seeking to escape the dating simulator she was created for in ''Doki Doki Literature Club!'' (2017) * SAM, short for Simulated Adaptive Matrix. An AI created by Alec Ryder in ''Mass Effect: Andromeda'' (2017) * GAIA, a powerful and supremely advanced A.I. that used a suite of nine subordinate functions to oversee Project Zero Dawn's successful restoration of life to Earth after its eradication by the Faro Plague in ''Horizon Zero Dawn'' (2017) * SAM (Systems Administration and Maintenance), the AI of the titular space station in ''Observation (video game), Observation'' (2019). * Tacputer, a non-sentient military computer, and HR Computer, a seemingly non-sentient Human Resources computer, in ''Void Bastards'' (2019).

2020s

*Queen (Serial Number Q5U4EX7YY2E9N), a computer in a public library transformed into a sentient being by a Dark Fountain in ''Deltarune, Deltarune Chapter 2'' (2021) * The Weapon, an AI designed to imitate Cortana to capture her for deletion in ''Halo Infinite''

Board games and role-playing games

* A.R.C.H.I.E. Three, the supercomputer that arose from the ashes of nuclear war to become a major player in the events of Palladium Books' ''Rifts (role-playing game), Rifts'' * The Autochthon, the extradimensional AI which secretly control Iteration X, in White Wolf Publishing's ''Mage: The Ascension'' * The Computer, from West End Games' ''Paranoia (role-playing game), Paranoia'' role-playing game * Crime Computer, from the Milton Bradley ''Manhunter (role-playing game), Manhunter'' board game * Deus, the malevolent AI built by Renraku from ''Shadowrun'' role-playing game who took over the Renraku Arcology before escaping into the Matrix * Mirage, the oldest AI from ''Shadowrun'', built to assist the US military in combating the original Crash Virus in 2029 * Megara, a sophisticated program built by Renraku in ''Shadowrun'', who achieved sentience after falling in love with a hacker * ''Omega Virus'', microscopic nano-phages that build a singular intelligence (foreign AI) in the Battlestat1 computer core and take over the space station in the board game by Milton Bradley * Zoneminds, a collection of malevolent AIs that have enslaved humanity in the GURPS "Reign of Steel" campaign setting

Unsorted works

* SARA, TOM's A.I. matrix companion from Toonami * The CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER, narrator from Frank Zappa's ''Joe's Garage'' * Ritsu / Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery, from Assassination Classroom * Tandy 400, Compy 386, Lappy 486, Compé, and Lappier, Strong Bad's computers in ''Homestar Runner'' (Tandy Corporation, Tandy is a real company, but never produced a 400 model) * Hyper Hegel, an extremely slow computer run with burning wood in monochrom's Soviet Unterzoegersdorf universe * A.J.G.L.U. 2000 (Archie Joke Generating Laugh Unit), a running-gag from the Comics Curmudgeon, depicting a computer who does not quite understand human humor, but nonetheless is employed to write the jokes for the Archie Comics strip * Li’l Hal (colloquially known as the Auto-Responder or simply AR), a teen boy's sarcastic brain-clone-turned-sentient-chatbot that lives inside a pair of pointy anime sunglasses in Homestuck. * CADIE (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity), from List of Google April Fools' Day jokes#CADIE, Google's 2009 April Fools Story

Computers as robots

* Norman, the "CPU" of all the robots in the ''Star Trek (TOS)'' episode "I, Mudd" Also see the List of fictional robots and androids for all fictional computers which are described as existing in a mobile or humanlike form.

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Robots in Movies
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at newark.rutgers.edu * http://www.computer.org/intelligent/homepage/x2his.htm * http://technicity.net/articles/writing_the_future.htm * https://archive.today/20000929064822/http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~rslade/mnbkfc.htm – A large set of reviews of fiction that bears on computers in some aspect

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