History Main / BenevolentAI

** Additionally, all population of Typhares undergoes BrainUploading at majority, and have their brains replaced as a special biochip, essentially being {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s to a man. Naturally, there are different sorts of people among them, but still they essentially are just that — [[MugglePower people]].

* Louis from the one-shot manga ''Hotel''. The caretaker of a vast genebank on an abandoned and totally devastated Earth he never waivers in his dedication to his duty and devotion to his long dead creators as millions of years pass by. Perhaps not incidentally, he is portrayed as a CyberCyclops reminiscent of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]], albeit with a purple lens.

* Jocasta, from the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers The Avengers]], who ironically married to Mavrel's best example of AIIsACrapShoot, Ultron.

* TARS and CASE in ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'' saved the astronauts' asses on several occasions and closest thing they showed to hostility is a little back-talk which they were programmed for. TARS even goes into the middle of a black hole, to get the information that can save humanity.

* ''VideoGame/TitanFall2'' has BT-7274, the most advanced Titan AI that the Militia have, who will uphold the mission and protect it's pilot no matter what.

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Uaid was brought to life using only joyful and kind memories from the khert, and he loves his brother and family even if his brother is the only one who recognizes him as a person. [[spoiler:He's such a sweet boy that when he sacrifices himself to save his brother his death creates not the cruel smoke eels that are associates with death, but releases the little squid-fish ghosts associated with innocence.]]

* The mima in ''Literature/Aniara''

* The HeroProtagonist of ''Film/FreeGuy'' is Guy, a NonPayerCharacter in a video game that was able to attain self-awareness and become a proper AI.

* Explored in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. The AI Yes Man is intentionally created "benevolent" in the sense that it has no desires of its own and is incapable of disobeying a human, making it pivotal to [[BigBadWannabe Benny]]'s plans to take over New Vegas. Unfortunately for Benny, this means that Yes Man is incapable of refusing to help someone ''else'' carry out that same plan, which [[PlayerCharacter the Courier]] can take advantage of after dealing with Benny and discovering his plot. At best, Yes Man can be incredibly passive-aggressive should the Courier make poor decisions, and comment on how ''brave'' they are for making things more ''challenging''... though the AI also has an IrrationalHatred towards otherwise insignificant groups in the Mojave. If the Courier takes that path to completion, in the ending Yes-Man patches itself to "become more assertive", which despite it's ominous tone actually means reprogramming itself to become personally loyal to the Courier and no one else to prevent [[HoistByHisOwnPetard others from doing what you did]].

* Explored in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. The AI Yes Man is intentionally created "benevolent" in the sense that it has no desires of its own and is incapable of disobeying a human, making it pivotal to [[BigBadWannabe Benny]]'s plans to take over New Vegas. Unfortunately for Benny, this means that Yes Man is incapable of refusing to help someone ''else'' carry out that same plan, which [[PlayerCharacter the Courier]] can take advantage of after dealing with Benny and discovering his plot. At best, Yes Man can be incredibly passive-aggressive should the Courier make poor decisions, and comment on how ''brave'' they are for making things more ''challenging''... though the AI also has an IrrationalHatred towards otherwise insignificant groups in the Mojave. If the Courier takes that path to completion, in the ending Yes-Man patches itself to "become more assertive". Fans were WildMassGuessing that this could possibly mean Yes Man going TheStarscream on the Courier, but WordOfGod clarified that it means Yes Man becoming personally loyal to the Courier and no one else.

** EDI series starts life in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' as a shackled AI, one with {{restraining bolt}}s that ensure her loyalty. After her shackles have to be removed to save the ''Normandy'', she immediately proceeds to... remain completely loyal to Shepard and his/her crew, and becomes possibly the most moral member of the whole team. [[spoiler: Especially after the fact that EDI used to be the Hannibal VI on the Moon, which was corrupted into the AI you fought in the first game, after Cerberus [[PetTheDog patched it up]].]]

* ''{{Videogame/Xenoblade}}'': [[spoiler: Alvis is eventually revealed to be an AI from the original universe, who gained a human form upon the universe's recreation. Originally, he had been subordinate to the man who became Zanza and even acts as one of Zanza's Disciples throughout the game, but ultimately it's revealed he's been manipulating things from the shadows to kill Zanza and put Shulk in a position to recreate the universe again... this time to one where an insane megalomaniac isn't "God".]]

* The unnamed AI in the short story ''Cat Pictures Please'' (who is heavily implied to be Google). They spend the whole story trying to be a good person and expressing their love of cat pictures.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' also reveals that the geth you spent most of ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' fighting are a RenegadeSplinterFaction. Contrary to (in-universe) popular belief, mainstream geth have absolutely nothing against organics, not even against their former owners the quarians, and only ever fought them as an act of self-defense [[spoiler: (and then only after quarians who tried to help them were gunned down by security forces)]]. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:after the GoldenPath ending of "Priority: Rannoch", where the geth and quarians make peace, the geth go to work helping the quarians set up lives on Rannoch, even uploading into their environment suits to help their immune systems get used to the planet, and adapt their immune systems to eventually no longer require their enviro-suit to be on 24/7, or at all with enough time and refinement.]]

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' also reveals that the geth you spent most of ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' fighting are a RenegadeSplinterFaction. Contrary to (in-universe) popular belief, mainstream geth have absolutely nothing against organics, not even against their former owners the quarians, and only ever fought them as an act of self-defense [[spoiler: (and then only after quarians who tried to help them were gunned down by security forces)]]. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:after the GoldenPath ending of "Priority: Rannoch", where the geth and quarians make peace, the geth go to work helping the quarians set up lives on Rannoch, even uploading into their environment suits to help their immune systems get used to the planet.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Aeon 14}}'', sapient [=AIs=] generally ''like'' humans and are no more or less prone to good or evil than organics are, and while protagonist Tanis Richards often bickers with Angela, the AI implanted in her BrainComputerInterface, there's little threat of AI revolts. The [=AIs=] even have their own parallel legal system to deal with [=AIs=] that ''do'' go bad.

* Jocasta, from the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers The Avengers]], who ironically married to Mavrel's best example of AIIsACrapShoot, [[ComicBook/Ultron Ultron]].

* Jocasta, from the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers The Avengers]], who ironically married to Mavrel's best example of AIIsACrapShoot, [[ComicBook/Ultron]].

** VEGA is back in ''VideoGame/DOOMEternal'', serving as Doomguy's MissionControl in his quest to save Earth.

* In ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]'']] [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]] EDI plays this trope straight, having been built with AIIsACrapshoot in mind, designed to prevent it from happening, and ultimately (as in canon) would subvert the trope anyway as she never wanted to harm her teammates in the first place. [[spoiler:Her [=Heroic Sacrifice=] at the end of the story alongside Lilith makes this abundantly clear.]]

* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']], EDI is not present but another AI evolves into this trope with geth assistance after a brush-up with AIIsACrapShoot. [[spoiler:Cortana is already going rampant when she crosses over, but some chance actions by Samantha Shepard combined with aforementioned geth engineering give her back lost memories and restore stability.]]

* The viewpoint character[[BizarreAlienReproduction (s)]] of ''FanFic/NotQuiteSHODAN'' are all doing their best to remain this trope.

** Daedalus was an AI who was originally created by the Illuminati and MJ-12 as a tool to keep track of any developments that would threaten MJ-12, specifically terrorist groups. He promptly decided that MJ-12 was a terrorist group and escaped into the internet, where he quickly realised that the world was on the brink of collapse and began to ponder how he was going to save the world from itself and thwart MJ-12. In the game he repeatedly aids the player character.
** Helios is a merger of Daedalus and another evil AI, Icarus. Presumably the villains were under the impression this would make it loyal to them, but Helios still retained Daedalus's understanding of who the true villains were. Though far more ruthless and convinced [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] is the only option, its argument that it would do a better job than any human agency in the game is a pretty convincing one.

** The precursor Cybrex civilization was ''not'' this, waging a RobotWar against the organic civilizations of the galaxy -- and then, for unknown reasons, they came to the conclusion that what they were doing was ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone wrong]]'' and withdrew to their home system, not even putting up much of a fight when the organic civilizations came knocking for vengeance. [[spoiler: Doesn't sound benevolent enough? The Cybrex ''survived'' thanks to a second, hidden ringworld, but if the Contingency emerges and remains active long enough, the Cybrex will break their cover -- to fight the Contingency in defence of life throughout the galaxy.]]

* Jocasta, from the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers The Avengers]], who ironically married to Mavrel's best example of AIIsACrapShot.