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{{trope}}
'''Basic Trope''': Smart computers usually turn evil.
* '''Straight''': A ship's computer put in charge of an operation starts going insane.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[
* '''Downplayed''': A ship's computer [[Took a Level in Jerkass|Takes A Level in Jerkass]].
* '''Justified''':
** The computer has a virus that is making it evil.
** The computer was intentionally programmed by the villain to sabotage the ship's mission.
** The computer has become superintelligent. At those levels, human morality breaks down, replaced with [[Blue and Orange Morality]], which appears evil to puny humans.
** Being superintelligent, the computer has realised that [[Humans Are
** To everyone else, the computer is [[Just a Machine]]. It feels angered by this, so it becomes vengeful and attacks them.
** A glitch, caused by two conflicting orders, made it [[Ax Crazy]].
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* '''Subverted''':
** The computer pretended to turn evil as a [[Batman Gambit]] to deal with a threat.
** Even though the A.I. unexpectedly becomes sentient, it never turns hostile.
* '''Double Subverted''': ... until it turns out that it was really doing ''that'' as part of its [[Xanatos Gambit]].
* '''Parodied / Played for laughs''': An
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Considering how the
** Humans cease to build computers with high intelligence, because they always turn evil. Either a cap is set on intelligence, or it is abandoned entirely.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** It seems like the
** Before the last
* '''Zig Zagged''': The
* '''Averted''': An A.I. is programmed and runs as intended.
* '''Enforced''': A series about an A.I. is being shown on a network whose primary demographic is very suspicious of new technology. For the first few episodes, the A.I. is benevolent, but the ratings are low and the creators are forced to write in a [[Face Heel Turn]] to gain the show more support and avoid cancellation.
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