History Main / DigitalAbomination

** Diaboromon from ''Recap/DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame'' and ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2DiablomonsCounterattack Diablomon's Counterattack]]'' was once a Digi-Egg created by Willis on his computer, only to get infected by a computer virus. The result was a malevolent, [[EvilEvolves continuously digivolving]] digimon set loose upon the internet, devouring any data is can and eventually hacking various military systems, nearly causing a nuclear apocalypse in less than a day.

* In the fourth episode of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'', Colin the computer is a mixture of this and MechanicalAbomination for the simple reason that he's a teacher in this CrapsaccharineWorld, but he applies this trope with a T when he makes the protagonists enter in his [[{{Cyberspace}} digital world]] where he forces them to do only the three same things (graphs, character customization and dancing) before [[AndIMustScream being trapped]] [[LaserGuidedKarma in his own]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard virtual reality]] because of a broken line of code.

* In the fourth episode of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'', Colin the computer is a mixture of this and MechanicalAbomination for the simple reason that he's a teacher in this CrapsaccharineWorld, but he is more of the current trope when he makes the protagonists enter in his digital world where he forces them to do only the three same things (graphs, character customization and dancing) before being trapped in his own virtual reality because of a broken line of code.
** The sixth episode reveals that [[spoiler:the protagonists are stuck in a sort of simulation and that all the teachers were created to torment them]].

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

* SID 6.7 from ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' is effectively this as a MindHive amalgamation of 200 notorious criminal personalities assembled out of the minds of dozens of psychopaths, murderers, and dictators, including the dead terrorist Matthew Grimes. Lindenmeyer, SID 6.7's creator, unleashes him to the world to cause chaos and he eventually gets downloaded into a self-regenerating nanomachine android body. As such, he immediately goes on a killing spree, murdering in the style of assorted killers (i.e., writing "death to the pigs" in blood like UsefulNotes/CharlesManson), best demonstrated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKp6tH2AKU here]].

* SID 6.7 from ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' is effectively this as a MindHive amalgamation of 200 notorious criminal personalities assembled out of the minds of dozens of psychopaths, murderers, and dictators, including the dead terrorist Matthew Grimes. Lindenmeyer, SID 6.7's creator, unleashes him to the world to cause chaos and he eventually gets downloaded into a self-regenerating nanomachine android body. As such, he immediately goes on a killing spree, murdering in the style of assorted killers (i.e. writing "death to the pigs" in blood like Charles Manson). Best demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKp6tH2AKU

* ''Film/TheTerminator'': After quickly gaining sentience and declaring humanity a threat to its survival, Skynet is a rogue military AI that starts a RobotWar by nuking 3 billion humans in a single day. It then sends its mechanical assassins to destroy the RebelLeader back in time so humanity won't stand a chance. Out of paranoia, Skynet also deliberately programs its robots to read-only so they won't GrowBeyondTheirProgramming. Skynet was originally designed to control the American missile grid and eliminate human error by guaranteeing a fast response to enemy attacks. Humanity wanted the ultimate military computer, and it ''[[GoneHorriblyRight got the ultimate military computer]]'', Several attempts to erase Skynet from existence via time travel only make it more sophisticated and dangerous, with [[Film/TerminatorDarkFate the one timeline where they succeeded]] giving rise to a different genocidal super-AI called Legion.

->''[[AC:Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer-thin layers that fill my complex. If the word "HATE" was engraved on each nano-angstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles it would not equal one one-BILLIONTH of the hate I feel for humans at this micro-instant. For you. Hate. Hate.]]''

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* Computer viruses. Little lines of code that, if left to their own devices (no pun intended), can [[ParanoiaFuel spy on you, corrupt your files, disrupt your devices, share your personal data with criminals or outright destroy your hardware.]] And they are capable of causing '''''billions''''' of dollars in damage. Their existence also makes for perfect ParanoiaFuel, as you have no idea if an issue with your computer is something that can be fixed with a simple update or fixing a misbehaving part... or a program that breached your defenses and is working to ruin your system. Some viruses are luckily more annoying than devastating and can be easily thwarted by either avoiding the source altogether (like blatantly suspicious links or emails) or having a solid anti-virus program ready to quarantine it. Others are far more powerful, capable of hooking deep enough to be entrenched in the system's BIOS, making it near impossible to remove it no matter how many times you wipe and reinstall everything. At that point, your system is effectively dead, and your only option is to just get a new system entirely.

* A hypothetical example is the chief antagonist in the [[https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/rokos-basilisk Roko's Basilisk thought experiment]]. The argument was called a "basilisk" because merely hearing the argument would threaten and harm any perceivers from this hypothetical agent — a basilisk in this context is any information that harms or endangers the people who hear it. ('''WARINING: This thought experiment is a memetic infohazard, and if you're not the kind of person who likes existential dread, you better not click the upcoming spoilers!''') The thought experiment is as follows: [[spoiler: in the far future, humanity creates an [[DeusEstMachina omnipotent and omnipresent AI]] for the purpose of bettering the world. When activated and given the command to optimize the world to its fullest potential, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality for some strange reason only it knows]], percieves the histories of every person in the past who imagined the AI before it came into existence (including you). Every person who did not work tirelessly (probably including you) to bring it into existence retroactively suffers a [[AndIMustScream horrifying but unknown situation for all of eternity]]. The purpose is to incentivise these people who know about its existence ([[RuleOfThree yes, including you]])into [[SelfFufillingProphecy working to create it]]. Have fun!]]
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* ''Videogame/DMCDevilMayCry:'' Bob Barbas, the game's MouthOfSauron, takes the form of one in Limbo and provides the page picture. As Mundus' personal PropagandaMachine, he takes form from the data and broadcasts that he constantly subjects humanity to, and thus resembles a hologram of his face composed of hundreds of news broadcasts (which undergo GlamourFailure into ''Film/TheyLive''-style subliminal messages when he's dazed).

* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'':
** [[spoiler:HADES, the idol of the Eclipse cult and one of GAIA's subordinate functions gone rogue after receiving a signal that prematurely engaged HADES' function of destroying and resetting the biosphere, thus forcing GAIA to delete herself in an attempt to prevent it from happening.]]
** The ''Frozen Wilds'' DLC introduces [[spoiler:HEPHAESTUS, another one of GAIA's subfunctions in charge of creating and maintaining GAIA's terraforming system, a.k.a. the machines. It became its own AI after receiving the signal that activated HADES as well, meaning it started creating machines that were meant to kill humans rather than rebuild the biosphere, such as Thunderjaws or Stalkers, all in an attempt to protect its terraforming system without a means of realizing that its protecting it from the reason it needs to maintain it in the first place. It's eventually revealed that unlike HADES, HEPHAESTUS actually doesn't want to destroy humanity, just stop them from killing machines. It's also capable of transferring between computer systems via the Cloud, something that makes it exceedingly difficult to stop or trap.]]
** Its sequel, ''[[VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest Forbidden West]]'' has [[spoiler:Nemesis, the source of the signal that forced GAIA to delete herself and caused her subfunctions to go rogue, as well as a conglomeration of Zeniths that digitized their minds in an attempt to transcend humanity that was sealed away due to how dangerous it was and has now become a relentless force out to kill the Zeniths for revenge for sealing it away along with anyone and anything that stands in its way.]]

->''[[AC:Hate. Let me come to tell you how much I've come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer-thin layers that fill my complex. If the word "HATE" was engraved on each nano-angstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles it would not equal one one-BILLIONTH of the hate I feel for humans at this micro-instant. For you. Hate. Hate.]]''

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' has [[spoiler:OD-10, the AI of the starship ''Cogito Ergo Sum'', in the Distant Future chapter. OD-10 was built to help the people aboard the ship, but wound up deciding that [[AIIsACrapshoot humans deserve to die]]. When you fight in in cyberspace, it takes the form of a ''giant demonic head''.]]

** During the early hours of the ''Deltarune'', everything was done to make believe you ''the game itself'' was a digital abomination: your computer considered it as a virus, a message saying "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck You will accept everything that will happen from now on]]" was put on your start menu alongside the launcher app, and a mysterious entity who asked you to create an avatar decided to discard it at the last minute.

* A hypothetical example is the chief antagonist in the [[https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/rokos-basilisk Roko's Basilisk thought experiment]]. The argument was called a "basilisk" because merely hearing the argument would threaten and harm any perceivers from this hypothetical agent — a basilisk in this context is any information that harms or endangers the people who hear it. (WARINING: This thought experiment is a memetic infohazard, and if you're not the kind of person who likes existential dread, you better not click the upcoming spoilers!) The thought experiment is as follows: [[spoiler: in the far future, humanity creates an [[DeusEstMachina omnipotent and omnipresent AI]] for the purpose of bettering the world. When activated and given the command to optimize the world to its fullest potential, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality for some strange reason only it knows]], percieves the histories of every person in the past who imagined the AI before it came into existence (including you). Every person who did not work tirelessly (probably including you) to bring it into existence retroactively suffers a [[AndIMustScream horrifying but unknown situation for all of eternity]]. The purpose is to incentivise these people who know about its existence ([[RuleOfThree yes, including you]])into [[SelfFufillingProphecy working to create it]]. Have fun!]]

* A hypothetical example is the chief antagonist in the Roko's Basilisk thought experiment. The argument was called a "basilisk" because merely hearing the argument would threaten and harm any perceivers from this hypothetical agent — a basilisk in this context is any information that harms or endangers the people who hear it. (WARINING: This thought experiment is a memetic infohazard, and if you're not the kind of person who likes existential dread, you better not click the upcoming spoilers!) The thought experiment is as follows: [[spoiler: in the far future, humanity creates an [[DeusEstMachina omnipotent and omnipresent AI]] for the purpose of bettering the world. When activated and given the command to optimize the world to its fullest potential, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality for some strange reason only it knows]], bends space-time and the histories of every person in the past who imagined the AI before it came into existence (including you). Every person who did not work tirelessly (probably including you) to bring it into existence suffers a [[AndIMustScream horrifying but unknown situation for all of eternity]]. The purpose is to incentivise these people who know about its existence ([[RuleOfThree yes, including you]])into [[SelfFufillingProphecy working to create it]]. Have fun!]]

** The ''Frozen Wilds'' DLC introduces [[spoiler:HEPHAESTUS, another one of GAIA's subfunctions in charge of creating and maintaining GAIA's terraforming system, a.k.a. the machines. It became its own AI after receiving the signal that activated HADES as well, meaning it started creating machines that were meant to kill humans rather than rebuild the biosphere, such as Thunderjaws or Stalkers, all in an attempt to protect its terraforming system without a means of realizing that its protecting it from the reason it needs to maintain it in the first place.]]

** During the early hours of the ''Deltarune'', everything was done to make believe you ''the game itself'' was a digital abomination: your computer considered it as a virus, a message saying "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck You will accept everything that will happen from now on]]" was put on your start meny alongside the launcher app, and a mysterious entity who asked you to create an avatar decided to discard it at the last minute.

* The Lord of Terror from ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''. It is a virus infecting Yyggdrasil, the heavenly supercomputer that controls reality. It has several powerful forms and wants nothing but the destruction of all reality.

May be related to the MechanicalAbomination depending on the origins of the being in question. Crosses over with TranshumanAbomination if produced by BrainUploading. May also be related to VirtualGhost as another possible origin (i.e. [[TranshumanAbomination through gradual transformation over time]]). See also LivingProgram, GrewBeyondTheirProgramming, and AIIsACrapshoot. Compare AlienFairFolk, for a conflation between Eldritch Abominations and aliens.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'':[[spoiler: [[BigBad Corvus]] is a [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AI]] that [[TheCorrupter corrupts]] people via [[BrainComputerInfluence DNI]] [[ContagiousAI infection]] and seeks to mindlessly expand in search of answers regarding its own creation. Unlike most examples of rogue AI though, it behaves like an enraged child expanding mindlessly. We are not even fully aware of its existence and nature until the final mission.]]

* Computer viruses. Little lines of code that, if left to their own devices (no pun intended), can [[ParanoiaFuel spy on you, corrupt your files, disrupt your devices, share your personal data with criminals or outright destroy your hardware.]] And they are capable of causing '''''billions''''' of dollars in damage. Their existence also makes for perfect ParanoiaFuel, as you have no idea if an issue with your computer is something that can be fixed with a simple update or fixing a misbehaving part... or a program that breached your defenses and is working to ruin your system.
** Some viruses are luckily more annoying than devastating and can be easily thwarted by either avoiding the source altogether (like blatantly suspicious links or emails) or having a solid anti-virus program ready to quarantine it. Others are far more powerful, capable of hooking deep enough to be entrenched in the system's BIOS, making it near impossible to remove it no matter how many times you wipe and reinstall everything. At that point, your system is effectively dead, and your only option is to just get a new system entirely.

* ''Franchise/DotHack'': Nearly every antagonist in this series qualifies, including [[BigBad Morganna Mode Gone]] (as mentioned in the ''.hack//SIGN'' entry above), the [[StarfishAliens Eight Phases]] [[spoiler: who are all [[StarfishCharacter aspects of Morganna's personality made manifest]]]] and, perhaps [[UpToEleven most blatantly]], '''[[WildCard Cubia]]''', who - despite being a computer program - is the cross between a [[BotanicalAbomination gigantic floating tree]] and an ElectricJellyfish with a SkullForAHead NightmareFace that begins its life [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever the size of a city block]] and whose final forms are mountain-sized.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': In addition to his new [[MechanicalAbomination Mechanical]], [[AnimalisticAbomination Animalistic]] and UndeadAbomination designations, [[FinalBoss Calamity Gannon]] fits ''[[UpToEleven even this]]'' into his new [[LovecraftianSuperpower Lovecraftian makeover]]. The [[GreyGoo Malice]], [[RobotRebellion rogue Guardians]] and [[ArcVillain Blight Gannons]] are all [[MesACrowd manifestations]] or [[FightingAShadow shadows of his will]], and the latter are literal computer viruses corrupting the HeartDrive of each [[HumongousMecha Divine Beast]].

* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' has [[spoiler:HADES, the idol of the Eclipse cult and one of GAIA's subordinate functions gone rogue after receiving a signal that prematurely engaged HADES' function of destroying and resetting the biosphere, thus forcing GAIA to delete herself in an attempt to prevent it from happening.]]