This list is for fictional artificial intelligences. Static robots, androids, cyborgs and computers depicted in fiction are discussed in the separate list of fictional robots and androids, list of fictional cyborgs and list of fictional computers.

Comics

1950s

* Cerebex (1953) *

Brainiac Brainiac is a colloquial adjective used to describe exceptionally intelligent people. It may also refer to: Culture Fictional entities * Brainiac (character), a fictional supervillain in DC Comics, and an enemy of Superman * Brainiac (story arc), ...

from the

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comics (1958)

1960s

* Ultron from the Avengers (1968)

1990s

* LYLA, short for LYrate Lifeform Approximation from the Spider-Man 2099 comics (1992) * Mr. Smartie, a teacher for Astra Furst (1995)

2000s

* Terror 2000 on Terra Obscura (2001) * Multiple from the Schlock Mercenary webcomic (2000-2020), with Ennesby and Post-Dated Check Loan ("Petey") being some of the most prominent ones.

2010s

* Multiple from The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys comic series (2013-2014) by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, including the android prostitutes Blue and Red, as well as the robot messiah DESTROYA.

Novels

1960s

* AM, from the short story

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison. It was first published in the March 1967 issue of '' IF: Worlds of Science Fiction''. It won a Hugo Award in 1968. The na ...

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...

(1967)

1970s

* Proteus IV from Demon Seed by Dean Koontz (1973) * Deep Thought, Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

1980s

* Wintermute and Neuromancer from Neuromancer by William Gibson * Continuity, from Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

1990s

* The Librarian from the novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson * Rei Toei from Idoru and All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson

2010s

* The Thunderhead, from the ''Arc of a Scythe'' series by Neal Shusterman, a post-singularity AI tasked with running the planet. It is a secondary character in the first novel and becomes a central character in the later novels.

Film

1960s

* HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

1970s

* The Tabernacle from Zardoz (1974)

1980s

* Master Control Program, Sark and Tron from '' Tron'' (1982) *

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from the ''Terminator'' series

1990s

* Agents Brown, Jones, and Smith from '' The Matrix''. Other programs includes

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(1999) * S.E.T.H. (self evolving thought helix) from Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

2000s

, Seraph, Merovingian, Persephone, and the Architect from '' The Matrix Reloaded''. The Agent programs are upgraded. The new Agents included Jackson, Johnson, and Thompson. Agent Smith is now a

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with the ability to copy himself using humans and programs. (2003) *

, Seraph, Sati, Rama Kandra, Kamala, Merovigian, Persephone, Architect, and Smith from '' The Matrix Revolutions''. (2003)

2010s

* J.A.R.V.I.S. from the ''

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'', '' Iron Man 2'', ''

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'', '' Iron Man 3'', and '' Avengers: Age of Ultron''. *

F.R.I.D.A.Y. F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Female Replacement Intelligent Digital Assistant Youth) is a fictional artificial intelligence appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually depicted as the personal assistant and ally of the superhero Iron ...

, replacement A.I. for Tony Stark / Iron Man, after J.A.R.V.I.S. is destroyed by Ultron, from the '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'', '' Captain America: Civil War'',, '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', '' Avengers: Infinity War'' and '' Avengers: Endgame''. * Samantha from '' her'' (2013) * STEM from '' Upgrade'' (2018)

Television series

1980s

* Automan and Cursor from Automan (1983) * Max Headroom, a TV host personality who appeared in various TV shows * Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) * Holly from the TV Sitcom

Red Dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. T ...

(1988) * Ziggy from the sci-fi series Quantum Leap (1989)

1990s

* MAL from Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) * The Doctor hologram from Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

2000s

* The Andromeda Ascendant's avatars, including the android "Rommie", from

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(2000)] *

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(Digital Advanced Villain Emulator) from The Batman (2004) * Sigmund from Fanboy & Chum Chum (2009)

2010s

* The Machine from

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2011-2016

Video games

1990s

* LINC and "Joey" from

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* SHODAN from the

System Shock ''System Shock'' is a 1994 first-person action-adventure video game developed by LookingGlass Technologies and published by Origin Systems. It was directed by Doug Church with Warren Spector serving as producer. The game is set aboard a space s ...

game series * Deus from Xenogears

2000s

* Cortana from the Halo game series (also the inspiration for the name of Microsoft's real-world personal assistant in Windows 10) * EDI from the Mass Effect game series * GLaDOS from the Portal game series * Daedelus, Icarus, Helios and other minor AI in Deus Ex.

2010s

* Commander Tartar from Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion * Sage from Starlink: Battle for Atlas * Turing, Baby Blue and Big Blue from 2064: Read Only Memories * B.A.C.S. and J.A.C.S. from Void Bastards * A.R.I.D from The Fall

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