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Computers, robots and other artifial intelligence characters from science-fiction:
Computers, robots and other artifial intelligence characters from science-fiction:
* Abulafia ("Foucault pendulum" by Umberto Eco, named after a medieval jewish philosopher)
* Abulafia ("Foucault pendulum" by Umberto Eco, named after a medieval jewish philosopher)
* ADA (Ingress [A Detection Algorithm / Detection Agorithm "A"])
* Alfie (Barbarella 1968)
* Alfie (Barbarella 1968)
* AM (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream)
* Ava (Ex Machina 2015)
* B4 (Star Trek, Data's Brother)
* B4 (Star Trek, Data's Brother)
* Brianbrain (Space 1999)
* Brianbrain (Space 1999)
* C3po (Star Wars)
* C-3PO (Star Wars)
* CABAL (Command & Conquer, [Computer Assisted, Biologically Augmented Lifeform])
* Colossus (The Forbin Project)
* Colossus (The Forbin Project)
* Continuity (Mona Lisa Overdrive)
* Continuity (Mona Lisa Overdrive)
* Cortana (Halo / Microsoft)
* Data (Startrek)
* Data (Startrek)
* Deepthought (The Hitchhikers Guide)
* Deep Thought (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
* Dixieflatline (Neuromancer)
* Domino (Michaelmas)
* Domino (Michaelmas)
* Eddie (The Hitchhikers Guide - The Friendly Shipboard Computer)
* Eddie (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Friendly Shipboard Computer)
* EDI (Mass Effect Trilogy)
* EDI (Mass Effect Trilogy)
* Emmerac (Desk Set)
* Emmerac (Desk Set)
* EPICAC (after a namesake short story by Kurt Vonnegut)
* EPICAC (after a namesake short story by Kurt Vonnegut)
* Fuckup (Illuminatus [First Universal Cybernetic Kinetic Ultramicro Programmer])
* EVA (Command & Conquer [Electronic Video Agent])
* FUCKUP (Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! trilogy [First Universal Cybernetic Kinetic Ultramicro Programmer])
* Ghostwheel (Nine Princes in Amber / The Courts of Chaos)
* Ghostwheel (Nine Princes in Amber / The Courts of Chaos)
* Giskard (The Robots of Dawn [R. Giskard Reventlov])
* Giskard (The Robots of Dawn [R. Giskard Reventlov])
* GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System from Portal)
* GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System from Portal)
* Guardian (The Forbin Project)
* Guardian (The Forbin Project)
* Hactar (The Hitchhikers Guide)
* Hactar (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
* Hal (2001 [Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic, HAL 9000])
* HAL 9000 (2001 [Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic, HAL 9000])
* Harlie ('''When HARLIE Was One''')
* Harlie ('''When HARLIE Was One''')
* Jarvis (Iron Man)
* Jarvis (Iron Man)
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* Mcp (TRON [Master Control Program])
* Mcp (TRON [Master Control Program])
* Mentalis (Doctor Who)
* Mentalis (Doctor Who)
* Mettaton (Undertale)
* Multitronic5 (Star Trek, the original series)
* Multitronic5 (Star Trek, the original series)
* Multivac (The Last Question)
* Multivac (The Last Question)
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* Mother (Dark Star)
* Mother (Dark Star)
* Mycroft Holmes, AKA Mike, Mychelle, Adam Selene, and Simon Jester (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress)
* Mycroft Holmes, AKA Mike, Mychelle, Adam Selene, and Simon Jester (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress)
* NETRICSA (Serious Sam, [NEuroTRonically Implanted Combat Situation Analyzer])
* Neuromancer (Neuromancer)
* Neuromancer (Neuromancer)
* NICOLE (Sonic the Hedgehog TV series)
* NICOLE (Sonic the Hedgehog TV series)
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* Orac (Blake's 7)
* Orac (Blake's 7)
* Oracle
* Oracle
* PRISM (A Mind Forever Voyaging)
* Proteus (Demon Seed)
* Proteus (Demon Seed)
* R2d2 (Star Wars)
* R2-D2 (Star Wars)
* ROK (Airplane II: The Sequel, 1982)
* ROK (Airplane II: The Sequel, 1982)
* Sal (2010)
* Sal (2010)
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* Vger (Star Trek I)
* Vger (Star Trek I)
* Wintermute (Neuromancer)
* Wintermute (Neuromancer)
* Wopr (War Games [War Operation Plan Response])
* WOPR (WarGames [War Operation Plan Response])
* Zark (TRON)
* Zark (TRON)
* Zed-10 (Fortress)
* Zed-10 (Fortress)
* Zen (Blake's 7)
* Zen (Blake's 7)
* Ziggy (Quantum Leap)
* Ziggy (Quantum Leap)

Revision as of 08:41, 27 February 2018

Computers, robots and other artifial intelligence characters from science-fiction:

  • Abulafia ("Foucault pendulum" by Umberto Eco, named after a medieval jewish philosopher)
  • ADA (Ingress [A Detection Algorithm / Detection Agorithm "A"])
  • Alfie (Barbarella 1968)
  • AM (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream)
  • Ava (Ex Machina 2015)
  • B4 (Star Trek, Data's Brother)
  • Brianbrain (Space 1999)
  • C-3PO (Star Wars)
  • CABAL (Command & Conquer, [Computer Assisted, Biologically Augmented Lifeform])
  • Colossus (The Forbin Project)
  • Continuity (Mona Lisa Overdrive)
  • Cortana (Halo / Microsoft)
  • Data (Startrek)
  • Deep Thought (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
  • Domino (Michaelmas)
  • Eddie (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Friendly Shipboard Computer)
  • EDI (Mass Effect Trilogy)
  • Emmerac (Desk Set)
  • EPICAC (after a namesake short story by Kurt Vonnegut)
  • EVA (Command & Conquer [Electronic Video Agent])
  • FUCKUP (Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! trilogy [First Universal Cybernetic Kinetic Ultramicro Programmer])
  • Ghostwheel (Nine Princes in Amber / The Courts of Chaos)
  • Giskard (The Robots of Dawn [R. Giskard Reventlov])
  • GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System from Portal)
  • Guardian (The Forbin Project)
  • Hactar (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
  • HAL 9000 (2001 [Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic, HAL 9000])
  • Harlie (When HARLIE Was One)
  • Jarvis (Iron Man)
  • Joshua (War Games)
  • K9 (Doctor Who)
  • Kitt (Knight Rider [Knight Industries Two Thousand])
  • Landru (Star Trek, the original series)
  • LINC (Beneath a Steel Sky, [Logical Inter-Neural Connection])
  • Lore (Star Trek, Data's Brother)
  • MAGI (Evangelion, cluster, consisting of three machines - Balthasar, Caspar and Melchior)
  • Markiv
  • Matrix
  • Mcp (TRON [Master Control Program])
  • Mentalis (Doctor Who)
  • Mettaton (Undertale)
  • Multitronic5 (Star Trek, the original series)
  • Multivac (The Last Question)
  • Microvac (The Last Question)
  • Muthr (Alien)
  • Mother (Dark Star)
  • Mycroft Holmes, AKA Mike, Mychelle, Adam Selene, and Simon Jester (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress)
  • NETRICSA (Serious Sam, [NEuroTRonically Implanted Combat Situation Analyzer])
  • Neuromancer (Neuromancer)
  • NICOLE (Sonic the Hedgehog TV series)
  • Nomad (Star Trek, the original series)
  • Novac
  • Olivaw
  • Orac (Blake's 7)
  • Oracle
  • PRISM (A Mind Forever Voyaging)
  • Proteus (Demon Seed)
  • R2-D2 (Star Wars)
  • ROK (Airplane II: The Sequel, 1982)
  • Sal (2010)
  • SHODAN, or Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network (System Shock & System Shock 2)
  • s1m0ne, or Simone (Simone, the movie)
  • Skynet (Terminator)
  • Slave (Blake's 7)
  • Tron (TRON)
  • VIKI (I, Robot [Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence])
  • Vger (Star Trek I)
  • Wintermute (Neuromancer)
  • WOPR (WarGames [War Operation Plan Response])
  • Zark (TRON)
  • Zed-10 (Fortress)
  • Zen (Blake's 7)
  • Ziggy (Quantum Leap)