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'''Basic Trope''': Smart computers usually turn evil.
* '''Straight''': A ship's computer put in charge of an operation starts going insane
* '''Exaggerated''': [[War GamesWarGames|A bored programmer designs an algorithm to play solitaire]], and the algorithm evolves into an [[Omnicidal Maniac]].
* '''Justified''':
** The computer has a virus that is making it evil.
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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 AI decides to turn evil because "that's what we're supposed to do, according to the movies", but is unable to do anything more than [[Poke the Poodle|annoy its masters]].
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