Trope
The sentient computer
The convention of a central, self-aware computer or AI that helps, controls, or threatens the human characters.
The sentient computer in fiction: 6 works
Thinking machines and the puzzles of their programmed minds drive each story.
The awakened computer Mike orchestrates and befriends the revolution.
AM is a malevolent superintelligence born of merged war computers.
The onboard computer HAL 9000 is a defining self-aware machine that turns on its crew.
The Master Control Program is a self-aware system that rules and threatens its digital world.
The ship's autopilot AUTO enforces a hidden directive against returning to Earth.