How Many of These Fictional AI Have You Encountered?

Sylvia Powell
1 min readJun 26, 2024

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Image via AIPRM.com

AI has long captured the imagination of science fiction creators and fans. What would an AI act like? What if it became self-aware? Is AI a friend or foe? What can an artificial intelligence do that humans cannot? These questions inspired the long legacy of characters depicted on this graphic from AIPRM. It shows us a colorful timeline of fictional AI in all kinds of media from film to television to video games.

Can you spot your favorite AI on this list? Here are just a few of the characters featured:

  • False Maria from Metropolis
  • Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars
  • Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • Replicants from Blade Runner
  • Skynet and the Terminator from The Terminator
  • Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • RoboCop from RoboCop
  • The Phalanx from Uncanny X-Men
  • Sonny from I, Robot
  • GlaDOS from Portal
  • J.A.R.V.I.S from Iron Man
  • M3gan from M3gan

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