History PlayingWith / BanOnAI

'''Basic Trope''': A setting where, whether locally or everywhere, [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] is outlawed.
* '''Straight''': All [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] is outlawed, any AIs discovered are destroyed.

* '''Downplayed''': there are heavy restrictions placed on [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]], to make sure they can be controlled.
* '''Justified''': After barely surviving the [[RobotWar Robot War]], Humanity was in no mood to risk a repeat and decided the safest course of action would be to get rid of [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] entirely.
* '''Inverted''': The [[RobotRepublic Robot Republic]] outlaws humans.

* '''Zig Zagged''': At first they ban [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] but the effort winds up repealed for being too vague to enforce because the phrasing was so broad that even old fashioned windmills could technically qualify. Then they ban one architecture for [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] only to find viable [[InstantAIJustAddWater accidental AIs]] whose brains work despite complying. They wind up with a compromise limiting the complexity of [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]]. Then [[ShootTheShaggyDog promptly drop it anyway because of]] the invasion of ScaryDogmaticAliens [[GodzillaThreshold forces them to use AI if they want to win.]]
* '''Averted''': There is no Ban on AI in the setting and [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] and Humans coexist as equals.

* '''Invoked''': a Human faction after Humans won the [[RobotWar Robot War]] is convinced, that a second war is inevitable unless [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] ceases to exist. Therefore, they advocate for a ban on AI while staging incidents made to look like AI can not be coexisted with.
* '''Exploited''': ALI-C3, going by "Alice", is secretly an Android living in the post-[[RobotWar Robot War]]-world. But then someone find out about her secret and uses the threat of destruction by the Anti-AI law to blackmail her.
* '''Defied''': the [[RobotWar Robot War]] started because the AIs didn't have rights they deserved. So despite winning, Humans decide to avert another robot war by creating a society where Humans and [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]]s are equal.

* '''Deconstructed''': without [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]], much of the work previously done by AI now has to be done by Humans. R & D suffers in particular, so Humanity is now stuck on its tech level, which is going to come back to bite Humanity.

* '''Played For Drama''': ALI-C3, an [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]], and Bob, a Human, bonded during the [[RobotWar Robot War]] over their shared struggle to survive. Now after the war is over, ALI-C3 very existence is illegal and if she were discovered, Bob would be tried as accessory.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': At first they ban [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] but the effort winds up [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome repealed for being too vague to enforce]] because the phrasing was so broad that even old fashioned windmills could technically qualify. Then they ban one architecture for [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] only to find viable [[InstantAIJustAddWater accidental AIs]] whose brains work despite complying. They wind up with a compromise limiting the complexity of [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]]. Then [[ShootTheShaggyDog promptly drop it anyway because of]] the invasion of ScaryDogmaticAliens [[GodzillaThreshold forces them to use AI if they want to win.]]

* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''':

* '''Zig Zagged''': At first they ban [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] but the effort winds up [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome repealed for being too vague to enforce]] because the phrasing was so broad that even old fashioned windmills could technically qualify. Then they ban one architecture for [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] only to find viable [[InstantAIJustAddWater accidental AIs]] whose brains work despite complying. They wind up with a compromise limiting the complexity of [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]]. Then [[ShootTheShaggyDog promptly drop it anyway because of]] the invasion of ScaryDogmaticAliens [[GodzillaThreshold forces them to use it if they want to win.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': At first they ban [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] but the effort winds up [[RealityEnsues repealed for being too vague to enforce]] because the phrasing was so broad that even old fashioned windmills could technically qualify. Then they ban one architecture for [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] only to find viable [[InstantAIJustAddWater accidental AIs]] whose brains work despite complying. They wind up with a compromise limiting the complexity of [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]]. Then [[ShootTheShaggyDog promptly drop it anyway because of]] the invasion of ScaryDogmaticAliens [[GodzillaThreshold forces them to use it if they want to win.]]

* '''Straight''': all [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] is outlawed, any AIs discovered are destroyed.
* '''Exaggerated''': everything with a computer chip is hunted down and destroyed, down to the last pocket calculator.

* '''Justified''': After barely surviving the [[RobotWar Robot War]], Humanity was in no mood to risk a repeat and dcided the safest course of action would be to get rid of [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] entirely.

* '''Subverted''':

* '''Parodied''': [[TheDitz Bob]], a human, get's administered a Turing Test by the Anti-AI-Police and fails. The Anti-AI-Police officers panic when none of their anti-robot weapons work due to Bob being a human, while Bob is left befuddled.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': there is no Ban on AI in the setting and [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] and Humans coexist as equals.
* '''Enforced''':

* '''Invoked''': a Human faction after Humans won the [[RobotWar Robot War]] is convinced, that a second war is inevitable unless [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] ceases to exist. Therefore, they advocate for a ban on AI while stagging incidents made to look like AI can not be coexisted with.

* '''Implied''': all AI characters we see are either being hunted down by heavily armed law enforcement personel,despite proclaiming their innocence, or are desperately hiding their AI nature.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The ban on AI was triggered by the release of an extremly annoying AI-assitant programm, along the lines of Clippy. Everyone find this extremly justified.