artificial intelligence theme
There is an automaton (typically a machine) with roughly human-level intelligence, such as androids, sentient computers, etc.
8 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent2x04 | choice | The Enterprise crew visited a fully automated repair space station. Curiously, the repair station used a collection of humanoid brains to function. |
| movie: Superintelligence (2020) | choice | The main novelty of the film concerns an emergent artificial super intelligence as it ponders if it should save, enslave, or destroy humanity. |
| blackmirror7x04 | major | A main novelty of the story is the evolution of the Thronglet video game beings from simple entities into a super intelligent collective. |
| movie: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) | major | Lone genius Tony Stark developed the artificial intelligence Ultron to defend the earth from extraterrestrial threats, but it got out of control and made a bid to exterminate humanity. |
| movie: Deadly Friend (1986) | major | Paul built a robot named BB, which occasionally displays autonomous behavior, such as being protective of Paul. In addition, Paul discussed some AI principles underlying BB's functioning, including how he'd implemented BB with adaptive learning programs so that not even Paul himself could predict how it would behave in a given situation. |
| novel: Children of Time (2015) | major | Kern's ship was nearly sentient |
| movie: Captain Marvel (2019) | minor | Kree society was ruled by a powerful artificial intelligence known as the Supreme Intelligence. The said intelligence sometimes manifested itself in Kree form. |
| movie: Wing Commander (1999) | minor | The Navcom units installed in selected Terran Confederation spacecraft were simulated minds that were used to navigate the passage through black holes and quasars. Navigating through such objects was beyond the abilities of ordinary humans. |