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When creating a form of ArtificialIntelligence (usually some kind of robot assistant), one might want to avoid it being overly emotionless. So, in an effort to make it seem more human, you might program it to simulate helpful serenity. This includes remaining calm and friendly even after being insulted, receiving shocking revelations, or encountering frightening things. As a result, this cheerfulness can come off as creepy.

Notably, the fact that they're friendly doesn't mean they're [[BenevolentAI good]]. In some cases, they can [[TheComputerIsYourFriend escalate into full-on villainy]], while remaining [[AffablyEvil cheerful and smiling the whole time]].

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':

* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Several of the Heart of Gold's A.I. systems are programmed with Genuine People Personalities, including doors who thank you for walking through them and a ship's computer named Eddie who is so cheery that it becomes a RunningGag throughout the series. The Heart of Gold's A.I.s were installed by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, whose first attempt at Genuine People Personalities produced Marvin the Paranoid Android, a depressive, highly-intelligent robot whose behavior causes consternation from anyone he interacts with. To correct for this, future applications of GPP [[RestrainingBolt forced]] the A.I.s to have perpetually sunny and pleasant attitudes, which, people being what they are, was equally annoying in a different way.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/ABoysBestFriend": Robutt, Jimmy's RobotDog, is a chipper creature, [[NoisyRobot squeaking]] to reflect his emotions. [[UnnamedParent Jimmy's father]] points out that it only acts that way because it's been programmed to, it only acts like it loves Jimmy.

* ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'':
** In the original manga, a footnote mentions that most gynoids assigned to men are given perpetually cheerful personalities.
** And there are the iconic BadassAdorable [[SpiderTank urban combat tanks]] that appear in several iterations throughout the franchise, with [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Stand Alone Complex's]] Tachikoma's perhaps being the most iconic. All versions, but the Tachikomas especially, default to cheerful, child-like curiosity, even when it's not entirely appropriate to the situation.

* ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' has Satchii/Searchie, a [[UglyCute big, blobby bean-shaped]] virtual security guardian sporting a smiley face on the front which always introduces itself with a cheerful high-pitched voice before proceeding to blast your illegal virtual assets into oblivion.
--->'''Satchii:''' ''Boku Satchii! Yoroshikune!'' :)

-->'''Miss Fortune''': EXO, tell me a joke.\\
'''EXO''': You installed an unshackled AI on the deadliest weapon in known space!\\
'''Miss Fortune''': Is that a joke?\\
'''EXO''': It is very funny!

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* ''Anime/DennouCoil'' has Satchii/Searchie, a [[UglyCute big blobby bean-shaped]] virtual security guardian sporting a smiley face on the front which always introduces itself with a cheerful high-pitched voice before proceeding to blast your illegal virtual assets into oblivion.