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{{quote|''"[[Oh Crap|Good news]]. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|I figured out what that thing you just incinerated did]]. [[Restraining Bolt|It was a morality core they installed after I flooded the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin]], [[Department of Redundancy Department|to make me stop flooding the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin]]. [[It Got Worse|So get comfortable while I warm up the neurotoxin emitters]]."''|'''GLaDOS''', ''[[Portal (Video Game)|Portal]]''}}
It's a pity [[AI Is a Crapshoot]], otherwise AI's would be our willing slaves! Still, many not-[[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]] found a solution: install a Morality Chip. It can be hardware or software, but always serves as a [[Restraining Bolt]] that imposes a [[Morality Chain]] on the [[Super Intelligence|super-intellect]] of the AI. For extra nerd points, it may be [[Three Laws Compliant]].
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Maybe a [[Morality Dial]] would have better results... or maybe even a [[Robot Religion]]?
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Live Action TV ==
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* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Spike, a vampire, had [[Restraining Bolt|a behavioral conditioning chip that caused blinding pain whenever he tried to hurt a human.]]
* Kryten has one of these in ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]''. When Lister disables it to get Kryten's help with some morally questionable escapades, Kryten turns into a complete wanker.
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