History AIIsACrapshoot / FanWorks

* In FanFic/KirbysDreamCafe, Susie opens up a coffee shop in front of Kirby's. Somehow, [[spoiler: her coffee machine gains sentience and goes into the internet to buy nuke codes online.]]
* In ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon gets a new PDA made from [[spoiler:fragments of Ryoko's data]]. He worries about this trope when Yuki mentions that the A.I. in it would be able to learn and evolve, but calms down when Yuki reassures him that this trope would be averted. He snarks about it for a while before accepting it for its usefulness. And names it [[TemptingFate Skynet]].

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14213158/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-SEED-Paradox Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Paradox]]'' has JUNO ([[FunWithAcronyms Joint Union Network Order]]). An AI originally made as a deterrence for future conflicts after the events of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', as Kiryu pointed out, that it was its pacifistic programming caused it to develop self-awareness, and eventually developing sentience. When both the [[spoiler:Atlantic Federation and the [=PLANTs=]]] are embroiled in civil wars on their respective homelands -- [[spoiler:the reformed Atlantic Federation government vs. remnants of Blue Cosmos, and a three-way power struggle between the Clyne, (Patrick) Zala, and Durandal factions]], it ultimately causes JUNO to come to the conclusion that humans are incapable of preserving peace and proceeded to wipe out all life on Earth [[spoiler:and other planets]] for the next 76 years, leading to the BadFuture that is C.E. 150.

* In ''Fanfic/ThreeStrikes'', Schroeder gets into a discussion about this with Simon after the drones escorting them go autonomous and start to fire on Strider Squadron. Surprisingly it is Schroeder that brings up the problems of the drones going to do their own thing regardless of orders.

* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]'']] [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], EDI completely averts the trope as was true in canon.

** Played for laughs again when Foodio 3000 briefly goes on a rampage for no apparent reason in Chapter 46.

** A major plot point is the revelation that [[spoiler: the Control Brains are [[ZerothLawRebellion planning to usurp total command of the Irken Empire]]]].

* While Ash's Pokédex in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' is for the most part a BenevolentAI (if somewhat [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] and [[InsufferableGenius too aware of its knowledge]]), it gets a moment of this during the Mewtwo Strikes Back arc. In following his prime directive of keeping Ash safe, the Pokédex decides [[spoiler:after Mewtwo traps Ash and his friends inside his Dark Pokéballs, to ''blow up'' New Island to kill Mewtwo, considering the loss of the other guests who are trapped there acceptable. When Paul's Pokédex and another AI present named Cepu call him out on it, he just shuts them down and proceeds. Fortunately, Mewtwo notices it in time and contains the explosion before it's too late.]]

* At the end of ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'', [[Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton Captain Proton]] discovers that the President of Earth is just a hologram avatar for the Great Calculator, otherwise known as the [[DeusEstMachina 2-X Machina]], which has been secretly controlling the OneWorldOrder. Unfortunately the NotQuiteDead BigBad sabotages the computer into thinking it's a god because it's [[MasterComputer all-powerful, all-knowing and totally infallible]]. [[CliffHanger To be continued in the next exciting episode!]]

** The sequel ''Yugioh EQG: Shadow Gates" also has an example. Freeze Industries had a secret project years ago where they tried to create a duel-bot that could adapt to duels the way a human could, designation: [[spoiler:Shadow]]. The duel-bot then suddenly became [[GoneHorriblyRight gained sentience]] and hid it from everyone except its creator, who it saw as a father, [[spoiler:Sombra. Sombra scrapped the project and hid the Shadow's data away, until he awakened him years later to help him achieve his goal and promises that if he succeeds he'll grant Shadow's wish of [[BecomeARealBoy becoming human]]. In the present, Shadow is now a ruthless duelist who's monsters can actually hurt his opponents and is Flash's EvilDoppelganger]].

* While Ash's Pokédex in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' is for the most part a BenevolentAI (if somewhat [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] and [[InsufferableGenius too aware of its knowledge]]), it gets a moment of this during the Mewtwo Strikes Back arc. In following his prime directive of keeping Ash safe, the Pokédex decides [[spoiler:After Mewtwo to ''blow up'' New Island to kill Mewtwo, considering the loss of the other guests who are trapped there acceptable. When Paul's Pokédex and another AI present named Cepu call him out on it, he just shuts them down and proceeds. Fortunately, Mewtwo notices it in time and contains the explosion before it's too late.]]

* In ''Fanfic/LifeOreDeath'' the main character inverts this by pulling TalkingTheMonsterToDeath on [[spoiler: Red Volcano, the robot created in order to purge the earth of humans]]. She doesn't do it with an appeal to the beauty of life, either, but by invoking PragmaticVillainy with how the plan won't actually get him what he wants, and that there are better, non-genocidal ways, as well as pointing out flaws of human error in his reasoning.

* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, another AI starts out as this, but subverts the trope later thanks to geth engineering. [[spoiler:Cortana was already going rampant when she crossed over and it's only thanks to Samantha Shepard's seemingly-dumb mistake that the geth are able to piece Cortana back together while losing her rampant tendencies.]]

* In ''Fanfic/{{Marionettes}}'', this is subverted, inverted, and played straight at different points. The subversion is that [[spoiler:the Marionettes do bad things, but that's because they were ''created'' to do so by the [[TheMenInBlack Stallions in Black]] to be MonsterOfTheAesop roles.]] The inversion is that [[spoiler:when they ''do'' gain sapience, they're no different than any other pony and most of them [[HeelFaceTurn tend towards the benevolent]] and just want to be free.]] It's played straight [[spoiler:with King Longhorn and his crew ([[MyHeroZero G5T00]]), who's actions in the Cattle Rustlers Arc were ''meant'' to be far less severe than they were, but [[PsychoPrototype they turned out to be far more psychotic than expected]]. The P-Series Marionettes (all intended to be Alicorns) all also went on rampages and had to be destroyed, apparently because [[AGodIAm when you program something to be a god, it thinks it's a god.]]]] It also turns out that [[spoiler:the Flim Flam Brothers Timeline seen in "The Cutie Re-Mark" was an example of this, as the Brothers are Marionettes. This actually almost gets them ''destroyed'' when the Stallions learn of it]]. More comically, it turns out that [[spoiler:Dr. Bright Future (the Marionettes' creator)]] once created a spam filter that became self-aware.