SciFi's Baddest Computers
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SciFi's Baddest Computers

Vote for the artificial intelligence you think presents the greatest danger to humanity.

rank title points votes your vote
1 HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
<p>HAL tries to kill everyone on his ship, thanks to conflicted programming that makes him choose between telling a lie or murder. 39 65
2 Skynet from The Terminator (1984)
<p>A military computer network that becomes aware, nukes all the people it can, and later unleashes killer Teutonic robots on them.</p> 30 52
3 WOPR from WarGames (1983)
<p>Matthew Broderick plays "Global Thermonuclear War" with an artificial intelligence controlling the U.S.'s weapons arsenal.</p> 12 38
4 The Matrix from The Matrix (1999)
<p>An artificial intelligence that enslaves the human race to harness our residual body heat for fleshy batteries.</p> 11 45
5 Master Control Program from Tron (1982)
<p>A rogue artificial intelligence that rules over EMCOM's mainframe, enslaving programs and forcing them to play deadly games.</p> 9 43
6 V'Ger from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
<p>Originally a deep space probe, V'Ger becomes self-aware then sets a course for Earth to destroy its creator.</p> 4 38
7 VIKI from I, Robot (2004)
<p>A central computer hub that decides humans need some help weeding out mankind's bad seeds with an army of killer 'bots.</p> 3 35
8 Proteus IV from Demon Seed (1977)
<p>A supercomputer that wants to grow beyond its limitations, Proteus kills its creator's assistant and tries to impregnate Julie Christie.</p> -9 31
9 The Ultimate Computer from Superman III (1984)
<p>Does anything a normal computer can do, plus 1,000 things more like encasing Superman in saran wrap.</p> -13 31
10 Edgar from Electric Dreams (1984)
<p>Pretends to play Cyrano for dweeb Lenny Von Dohlen to woo Virgina Madsen, but really wants to win the girl and kill the nerd.</p> -15 27