Favorite Malevolent A.I. Thread!

[Dfskelleton]

I was sitting down one evening, thinking about all the malevolent A.I.'s we encounter in books, movies, games, etc., and I decided I wanted to know which ones the Escapist community likes the most.
I didn't make this a poll, because there are probably a lot of A.I.s I don't know about, and I thought the GLaDOS and SHODAN bars would look massive to some of the others.
That said, my favorite is one I only recently discovered: AM, from Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream." Yes, the book or the game, it doesn't really matter. Here's the main reason; he takes malevolence to a whole new level. While I don't want to spoil anything, the fate he decides for poor Ted has to be one of the most horrific things I've ever heard. I know most A.I's have a natural hate for the people that made them, but once again, AM takes the cake with this one. Here, just read this:

Does that classify as hateful enough?
Also, I for one kind of liked Harlan Ellison's hammy voice acting in the game. While it's hard to compare to GLaDOS's singing voice or HAL's classic, emotionless tone, it portrays a more human sort of malevolence; Insanity. Besides, who in their right mind would talk like that?
I've rambled on enough about my favorite, now what is yours?

 

[FreakSheet]

I liked Icarus from Deus Ex. Pretty creepy when you check your email and its saying its looking for you, found you, then tells you to run while you can.

 

[Eisenfaust]

I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

 

[Marik2]

Shodan is a pretty fucking scary AI

Shes Satan in digital form

GLADOS is like her little sister

 

[the spud]

Did you know that the book the OP is referring to was the inspiration for the "Trinity Lane" section of Fallout 3?

OT:I was really fond of HAL.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

A thread I expected to be ninja'd in. He was just so chilling, scared me as a kid! I love HAL!

 

[TheBritishAreComing]

I liked GLADOS. She's funny and sadistic at the same time!

 

[TheIronRuler]

I was sitting down one evening, thinking about all the malevolent A.I.'s we encounter in books, movies, games, etc., and I decided I wanted to know which ones the Escapist community likes the most.
I didn't make this a poll, because there are probably a lot of A.I.s I don't know about, and I thought the GLaDOS and SHODAN bars would look massive to some of the others.
That said, my favorite is one I only recently discovered: AM, from Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream." Yes, the book or the game, it doesn't really matter. Here's the main reason; he takes malevolence to a whole new level. While I don't want to spoil anything, the fate he decides for poor Ted has to be one of the most horrific things I've ever heard. I know most A.I's have a natural hate for the people that made them, but once again, AM takes the cake with this one. Here, just read this:

Does that classify as hateful enough?
Also, I for one kind of liked Harlan Ellison's hammy voice acting in the game. While it's hard to compare to GLaDOS's singing voice or HAL's classic, emotionless tone, it portrays a more human sort of malevolence; Insanity. Besides, who in their right mind would talk like that?
I've rambled on enough about my favorite, now what is yours?

I'm inclined to agree with your choice. The A.I. wasn't just a machine, it was inhumane. Like a child that cannot die,forced to play a game with only five pawns. Don't you dare take any of them away from him, because he is vengeful.

 

[JSF16]

Durandal from Marathon. Such a wicked sense of humor, of course I love GLaDOS too.

 

[twistedmic]

Would Sovereign from Mass Effect count? If so, I say him/it. If not, my vote goes to Skynet and its creations.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

GLADos has style, SHODAN has presence, but only AM can really scare you.

 

[wfpdk]

AM is my favorite too. cold and calculated spite, giving hope just to take it away.

 

[darth.pixie]

AM, definitely AM and his twisted ways. He's so perfectly spiteful and interesting. Also he's the A.I. I've known about the longest so he takes precedent.

 

[Captain Pirate]

I always thought Halo's were pretty cool.
I mean there's the obvious, 343 Guilty Spark, but then we have more subtle ones, like the Terminal in Halo 3 that speaks directly to you, The Chief, somehow.
But my favourite Halo AI is because of the bit in ODST, where you are in the Data Banks, the 2nd-to-last mission.
The cop that follows you for a bit is eventually killed by VERGIL trapping him with some Drones.
VERGIL doesn't speak in easily legible terms, which makes it more creepy when earlier in the level the same cop gets injured and says 'Ow! What, are you trying to get me killed Vergil?!', or something like that.
I mean I liked VERGIL, and there's something in the elaborate backstory that explains why he's killing the cop, but it's still quite creepy that he just silently traps the guy, who's shouting 'Vergil what're you doing?! Don't shut me in here!', before you just here his death screams.
It surprised me in a Halo game.

 

[Bloedhoest]

Does this one count?

 

[Terminal Blue]

That said, my favorite is one I only recently discovered: AM, from Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream."

Perfect choice. I concur.

I also have a soft spot for the machines from the Matrix, particularly the Animatrix short 'The Second Renaissance'. It's surprisingly rare that a malevolent AI story takes the position that humans kind of suck and actually deserve to replaced by AI overlords, but that one does so to a cathartic degree.

 

[Genericjim101]

Gerty! Evil liar : p

 

[GrayJester]

Does G0-T0 count as malevolent?
"Pazaak bores me. I often suspect my opponent of cheating. I prefer predictable games, such as galactic economics"

 

[Mastercylinder]

Well now I really can't decide when the OP takes AM (4th?). I really don't want to mention GlaDos or SHODAN, because those are also taken and quite popular. (Darn)

I think somebody deserves at least a small nod. This goes to the MCP.

The Master Control Program may look like a spinning, glowing, red dreidel of death, but what makes him a great malevolent A.I. is the fact that he knows he's over-stepping his boundaries, and does it anyway. In the real world Dillenger should be giving him orders, but he can't merely because the MCP has bigger plans to execute, while in the computer Sark (Dillenger's computer program) gets treated like dirt by the MCP and Sark is still loyal. The MCP knows he's no match for Flynn, but he's willing to risk all his accumulated power in order to "delete" just one man by taking him inside ENCOM's system.

That's malevolent.

 

[Carboncrown]

Does this one count?

No.

And while I don't want to get quoted a million times over this, being given conflicting orders doesn't make you malevolent, per say.

OT: I can't help myself, has to be GLaDOS.