human vs. sentient machine theme
There is a struggle between a human and a (more or less) sentient machine.
Notes
There is no clear definition for what machines are to be considered sentient. As a rule of thumb, this theme applies if the machine takes complex actions with high-level motivations such as self-preservation, or vengeance. It certainly applies if the machine exhibits any sort of human-like personality.
Examples
The Enterprise-D crew members were almost overwhelmed by the autonomous planetary defense system of Minosian design in tng1x21 "The Arsenal of Freedom".
100 total · 7 choice · 83 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmirror4x05 | choice | Bella versus the autonomous solar powered killer robotic dog. |
| ldr2019e2x01 | choice | Jeanette fought for her, and her pooch's, lives against a malfunctioning vacuum cleaning. |
| ldr2019e2x07 | choice | The story concerns a man who survived a crash-landing on a desolate planet, only to find himself in a life-and-death struggle against a malfunctioning robotic maintenance dog. |
| ldr2019e3x05 | choice | The Green Berets fought a monstrous, mechanically enhanced, grizzly bear. |
| movie: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | choice | The backdrop is Replicant versus human tensions and a war appears to be imminent. |
| tng1x21 | choice | The crew battled the Echo Papa 607 weapons system, that produced more combatants and adapted to what happened. |
| voy7x24 | choice | The Doctor outsmarted the Voyager crew again and again |
| futurama4x03 | major | HAL going haywire and trying to kill everyone in 2001: A Space Odyssey was parodied. |
| movie: 20 (2018) | major | The people of Chennai were attacked by their cell phones. |
| movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | major | HAL 9000 went haywire and tired to kill the astronauts and take over the mission. |