History Main / TheComputerIsYourFriend

* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is the TropeNamer. Very tragically so. [[MasterComputer Friend Computer]] started out programmed to run a city for the benefit of its residents, and does its best because it genuinely wants its people to be happy. However, after (a) an [[ApocalypseHow apocalypse]] ([[MultipleChoicePast no one knows what, exactly, happened anymore]], but it definitely wasn't good), (b) some corrupted databases filled with [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfTheColdWar Cold War]] [[DirtyCommunists propaganda]], and (c) God alone knows how much self-serving and contradictory reprogramming by various High Programmers over an undisclosed period of time, Friend Computer is a barely-functioning paranoid schizophrenic.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' has the Patriots AI system, created by Major Zero as he didn't want to trust the Patriots legacy of behind-the-scenes manipulation of the entire world to other humans, due to Big Boss's actions. Unfortunately by the time the system is up and running, he is a feeble old man, and thus couldn't comprehend and prevent how the AI system decided to continue the legacy, namely organizing the world economy based on war. It's for our own good, of course...

* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': Zein at first is introduced as a BenevolentAI that seeks to assess mankind's benevolence and purge the world of human malice, but views itself as [[{{Ubermensch}} morally superior]] to humans. In order to establish new world order, it comes into the conclusion that the extinction of humanity is a required necessary evil. As the anthology progressed, Zein takes this mentality to a [[BewareTheSuperman terrifying extreme]]; [[spoiler:from having a FallenHero from an alternate BadFuture to carry out a witch hunt against every ''Kamen Rider'' villain]] by transforming into the eponymous Rider designed to [[PowerCopying replicate the powers]] of previous Legend Riders [[spoiler:to relaunching a DeadlyGame to send humanity into the path of self-destruction, believing that humans have [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves the capacity to doom themselves into extinction]].]] Giving the villains, the eponymous [[AntagonistTitle Outsiders]], enough reason [[EvilVersusOblivion to oppose Zein's authoritarianism]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': Zein at first is introduced as a BenevolentAI that seeks to assess mankind's benevolence and purge the world of human malice. In order to establish new world order, it comes into the conclusion that the extinction of humanity is a required necessary evil. As the anthology progressed, Zein takes this mentality to a [[BewareTheSuperman terrifying extreme]]; [[spoiler:from having a FallenHero from an alternate BadFuture to carry out a witch hunt against every ''Kamen Rider'' villain]] by transforming into the eponymous Rider designed to [[PowerCopying replicate the powers]] of previous Legend Riders [[spoiler:to relaunching a DeadlyGame to send humanity into the path of self-destruction, believing that humans have [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves the capacity to doom themselves into extinction]].]] Giving the villains, the eponymous [[AntagonistTitle Outsiders]], enough reason [[EvilVersusOblivion to oppose Zein's authoritarianism]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': M.U.T.H.E.R. was designed by the original Dr. Venture to run an underground complex he'd created to save people in case of nuclear winter. Unfortunately a disagreement with Jonas on just how survivors of such an event would best be served caused her to issue a "time out" by sealing the complex and then flooding it with happy gas in order to enforce her will. Fortunately Jonas was able to react in time and got Team Venture to safety. Not so much the visiting group of orphans who had been taking a tour of the facility and remained trapped down there for at least thirty years. Of course when M.U.T.H.E.R. gets reawakened during the episode, she immediately demands to see the elder Venture or she'll launch the complex's nuclear missiles.

* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': Zein at first is introduced as a BenevolentAI that seeks to assess mankind's benevolence and purge the world of human malice. In order to establish new world order, it comes into the conclusion that the extinction of humanity is a required necessary evil. As the anthology progressed, Zein takes this mentality to a [[BewareTheSuperman terrifying extreme]]; [[spoiler:from having a FallenHero from an alternate BadFuture to carry out a witch hunt against every ''Kamen Rider'' villain]] by transforming into the eponymous Rider designed to [[PowerCopying replicate the powers]] of previous Legend Riders [[spoiler:to relaunching a DeadlyGame to send humanity into the path of self-destruction, believing that humans have [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves the capacity to doom themselves into extinction]].]] Giving the villains, the eponymous [[AntagonistTitle Outsiders]], [[EvilVersusOblivion to oppose Zein's authoritarianism]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'' has [[HeroAntagonist Zein]], a supposedly BenevolentAI [[spoiler:with a [[DarkMessiah messiah complex]]]] that seeks to learn all of mankind's good qualities and seeks to rid the world of human malice. [[spoiler:Later on, its methods of dealing with villainy borderlines from [[BewareTheSuperman brutal and oppressive]] to the point of seeking the [[FinalSolution total extermination of all Kamen Rider villains, including evil Riders]] to using a DeadlyGame to conscript a cannon fodder of unsuspecting players to be pitted against the Outsiders, in the process [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves tricking humanity into wiping out one another]]]]. This gives the villains a good reason to oppose it, to the point that Foundation X are reviving deceased Dark Riders to form the titular Outsiders team.

[[TropeNamers Named]] for a frequent CatchPhrase from the game ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''.

%%** And his most epic series of novels rotates on the same two (later one) robots significantly influencing Humanity's path every so often...