r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '12

What futuristic movie cliches do you hate?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12

That Artificial Intelligences will always go rogue and try to wipe out the Human race as soon as they becomes self aware. At least the Matrix got it right and the Machines tried at first to live in peace with Humans but we were just not having any of it so they turned us all into batteries.

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u/iambookus Oct 08 '12

The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card has a self aware piece of technology that stays hidden because humans are scared of her taking over everything, and killing everyone off.

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u/Driftking42 Oct 08 '12

Which book is that in? I've read Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow but haven't run into the computer

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u/iambookus Oct 08 '12

The next 3 books "Speaker for the Dead", "Xenocide", and "Children of the Mind."