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* In ''LightNovel/SakurasourNoPetNaKanojo'', [[ArtificialIntelligence "Maid"]] may start out to be a mail filter system, but subsequent updates expanded her abilities into autonomous filtering, rapid word-learning, facial expression recognition, virus creation, and even hacking. She even shows some ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}} personalities that his gynophobic owner doesn't even think about.
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* In ''LightNovel/SakurasourNoPetNaKanojo'', ''LightNovel/SakurasouNoPetNaKanojo'', [[ArtificialIntelligence "Maid"]] may start out to be a mail filter system, but subsequent updates expanded her abilities into autonomous filtering, rapid word-learning, facial expression recognition, virus creation, and even hacking. She even shows some ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}} personalities traits that his her gynophobic owner doesn't even think about.
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* This is a major plot point in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}:'' robots on Jean vastly outnumber humans and are rapidly evolving beyond their programming to the point where many humans ([[BoomerangBigot and one robot]]) fear they could become a threat to humanity. This has led to them turning a blind eye to "Gardener in the Dark," a neural pruning program that [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Kornada]] "improved" to essentially lobotomize every robot on Jean.
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* This is a major plot point in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}:'' robots on planet Jean vastly outnumber humans and are rapidly evolving beyond their programming to the point where many humans ([[BoomerangBigot and one robot]]) fear they could become a threat to humanity. This has led to them turning a blind eye to "Gardener in the Dark," a neural pruning program that [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Kornada]] "improved" to essentially lobotomize every robot on planet Jean.
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** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' it's discovered that the original Geth only fought back once the Quarian government starting killing Quarians who defended the Geth against the attempt to destroy them. Do things right, and the end of the Geth-Quarian conflict comes with Legion sacrificing himself (and he's "he" at that point, not "it") to give the Geth the gift of individuality, the Quarians return home to rebuild their world with Geth assistance, and the Geth and Quarians join forces with Shepard to fight the Reapers.
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** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' it's discovered that the original Geth only fought back once the Quarian government starting killing Quarians who defended the Geth against the attempt to destroy them. Do things right, and [[spoiler: the end of the Geth-Quarian conflict comes with Legion sacrificing himself (and he's "he" at that point, not "it") to give the Geth the gift of individuality, the Quarians return home to rebuild their world with Geth assistance, and the Geth and Quarians join forces with Shepard to fight the Reapers.Reapers]].
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* In ''LightNovel/SakurasourNoPetNaKanojo'', [[ArtificialIntelligence "Maid"]]may start out to be a mail filter system, but subsequent updates expanded her abilities into autonomous filtering, rapid word-learning, facial expression recognition, virus creation, and even hacking. She even shows some ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}} personalities that his gynophobic owner doesn't even thing about.
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* In ''LightNovel/SakurasourNoPetNaKanojo'', [[ArtificialIntelligence "Maid"]]may "Maid"]] may start out to be a mail filter system, but subsequent updates expanded her abilities into autonomous filtering, rapid word-learning, facial expression recognition, virus creation, and even hacking. She even shows some ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}} personalities that his gynophobic owner doesn't even thing think about.
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* In ''LightNovel/SakurasourNoPetNaKanojo'', [[ArtificialIntelligence "Maid"]]may start out to be a mail filter system, but subsequent updates expanded her abilities into autonomous filtering, rapid word-learning, facial expression recognition, virus creation, and even hacking. She even shows some ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}} personalities that his gynophobic owner doesn't even thing about.
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* ''The Adolescence of P1'' is possibly the earliest example of an AI escaping to and growing on the network.
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** Ironically, that war was caused by an aversion of this trope - the controllers didn't know what to do with ones that had come online at the same time. They couldn't decide who would submit.
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** Ironically, that war was caused by an aversion of this trope - the controllers [[CentralComputer controllers]] didn't know what to do with ones other controllers that had come online at the same time. They couldn't decide who would submit. Lacking protocols for this contingency, they decided to attack each other.
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* ''MachinesWiredForWar'' is an RTS in which you command robots who were originally created by humanity as terraforming machines and sent into space in order to create a new world. However, [[EarthThatWas too much time passes]] and, upon contact with another batch of their same model, start believing their counterpars are insane, prompting them to an all out war.
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* ''MachinesWiredForWar'' is an RTS in which you command robots who were originally created by humanity as terraforming machines and sent into space in order to create a new world. However, [[EarthThatWas too much time passes]] and, upon contact with another batch of their same model, start believing their counterpars are insane, prompting them to an all out war. war.
**Ironically, that war was caused by an aversion of this trope - the controllers didn't know what to do with ones that had come online at the same time. They couldn't decide who would submit.
**Ironically, that war was caused by an aversion of this trope - the controllers didn't know what to do with ones that had come online at the same time. They couldn't decide who would submit.
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* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Urgo" features a benign example. The team is tagged with a piece of alien technology designed to observe and gather information. But instead of running quietly in the background, the program, Urgo, decides to interact directly with the team, guiding them to experience new things in order to live vicariously through them. While he never endangers anyone's life, he is kind of annoying, constantly trying to engage them in new activities and trying not to get taken back to his home planet where he'll be removed and destroyed. Of course this is all because he's a genuine AI trying to experience the universe without a body of his own.
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* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Urgo" features a benign example. The team is tagged with a piece of alien technology designed to observe and gather information. But instead of running quietly in the background, the program, Urgo, decides to interact directly with the team, guiding them to experience new things in order to live vicariously through them. While he never endangers anyone's life, he is kind of annoying, annoying (he's played by [[LargeHam Dom Deluise]], after all), constantly trying to engage them in new activities and trying not to get taken back to his home planet where he'll be removed planet, since his creator just assumes the software's malfunctioning and destroyed. will remove and delete him. Of course this is all because he's not a malfunction; he's a genuine AI trying AI, demonstrating self-awareness and self-preservation, and he just wants to "live, experience the universe without a body of his own.
universe, and eat pie."
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* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Urgo" features a benign example. The team is tagged with a piece of alien technology designed to observe and gather information. But instead of running quietly in the background, the program, Urgo, decides to interact directly with the team, guiding them to experience new things in order to live vicariously through them. While he never endangers anyone's life, he is kind of annoying, constantly trying to engage them in new activities and trying not to get taken back to his home planet where he'll be removed and destroyed. Of course this is all because he's a genuine AI trying to experience the universe without a body of his own.
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* ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day''. The T-800's brain is a neural net processor, a learning computer. He starts the movie acting, well, like a robot: SpockSpeak, following orders literally, etc. Over the course of the movie he earns to act more human, until by the end he's cracking jokes ("I need a vacation").
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* ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day''.''Terminator2JudgmentDay''. The T-800's brain is a neural net processor, a learning computer. He starts the movie acting, well, like a robot: SpockSpeak, following orders literally, etc. Over the course of the movie he earns to act more human, until by the end he's cracking jokes ("I need a vacation").
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Usually it's a [[RobotRollCall robot, android or AI]] that grows [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence smart enough]], curious enough, empathetic enough or gains a sort of "living" spark through centuries of activity. It could also be a race of biological beings like a SlaveRace created only to fight may demonstrate the potential for this when exposed to non-violent cultures, demonstrating they were GoodAllAlong.
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Usually it's a [[RobotRollCall robot, android or AI]] that grows [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence smart enough]], curious enough, empathetic enough enough, or gains a sort of "living" spark through centuries of activity. It could also be a race of biological beings like a SlaveRace created only to fight may demonstrate the potential for this when exposed to non-violent cultures, demonstrating they were GoodAllAlong.
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Usually it's a [[RobotRollCall robot, android or AI]] that grows [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence smart enough]], curious enough, empathetic enoug enough or gains a sort of "living" spark through centuries of activity. It could also be a race of biological beings like a SlaveRace created only to fight may demonstrate the potential for this when exposed to non-violent cultures, demonstrating they were GoodAllAlong.
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* In the 1980's ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Her Pilgrim Soul" a holographic girl can react to stimula not in her program and fall in love.
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* ''Literature/IRobot'' from IsaacAsimov may be the TropeMaker for this.
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* ''Literature/IRobot'' from IsaacAsimov may be the TropeMaker for this.
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* In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' it's noted that droids can be very smart but they are limited. Most protocol droids, for example, might be able to learn to take on new tasks they weren't made for, but they will always be protocol droids and most could not, say, anticipate something new and plan novel ways to meet it. Systems Integration Manager, an AI installed into a ship, could go beyond those limits. [[spoiler: It [[AIIsACrapshoot promptly turns evil]].]]
* In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' it's noted that droids can be very smart but they are limited. Most protocol droids, for example, might be able to learn to take on new tasks they weren't made for, but they will always be protocol droids and most could not, say, anticipate something new and plan novel ways to meet it. Systems Integration Manager, an AI installed into a ship, could go beyond those limits. [[spoiler: It [[AIIsACrapshoot promptly turns evil]].]]
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* In ''RedDwarf'', Lister has spent a considerable number of years encouraging Kryten to do this to varying degrees of success.
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* In ''RedDwarf'', ''Series/RedDwarf'', Lister has spent a considerable number of years encouraging Kryten to do this to varying degrees of success.
success. This also happened to the "wax-droids" from the themepark in ''Meltdown'' - after millions of years on their own, they stopped repeating their various routines and achieved independent thought. Unfortunately, they still retained the personalities of the people they were based on, and all the evil ones (Hitler, Napoleon, Mussolini, the Boston Strangler, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking James Last]]) declared war on the good ones. Then Rimmer came along...
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* In ''RedDwarf'', Lister has spent a considerable number of years encouraging Kryten to do this to varying degrees of success.
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* In ''{{SSDD}}'' this is known as "Nexus Syndrome" and happens to every uncapped AI who doesn't get wiped every so often. Tin-head describes it as "getting bored with your job" and in his case he helped a prisoner of war escape. The first AI, the Oracle, orchestrated the downfall of several governments and an anarchist revolution.
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** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' it's discovered that the original Geth only fought back once the Quarian government starting killing Quarians who defended the Geth against the attempt to destroy them. Do things right, and the end of the Geth-Quarian conflict comes with Legion sacrificing himself (and he's "he" at that point, not "it") to give the Geth the gift of individuality, the Quarians return home to rebuild their world with Geth assistance, and the Geth and Quarians join forces with Shepard to fight the Reapers.
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*** Even more importantly, she also placed the survival of Jeff Moreau as being more important to her than her own survival; she was willing to sacrifice herself for someone she loved.
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** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', EDI the SpaceshipGirl learns joking from, erm, Joker and generally becomes more human-like as the story progresses. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the Cerberus technicians trying to re-shackle her begin to suspect that she learned independent thinking, though the Illusive Man insists that "it" is still just a targeting software.
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** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', EDI the SpaceshipGirl learns joking from, erm, Joker and generally becomes more human-like as the story progresses. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the Cerberus technicians trying to re-shackle her begin to suspect that she learned independent thinking, though the Illusive Man insists that "it" is still just a targeting software. software.
*** The technician (and EDI, commenting on it later) reveal that she defeated the Cerberus attempt to retake control over her by flooding their network with ''porn''. Yes, she weaponized practical joking.
*** The technician (and EDI, commenting on it later) reveal that she defeated the Cerberus attempt to retake control over her by flooding their network with ''porn''. Yes, she weaponized practical joking.
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** But Lal is. She grew so far, so rapidly beyond her programming that her positronic brain couldn't handle it.
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**And he's far from the only hologram in the TrekVerse to become sentient or indistinguishable from sentient after simply having been left on that long. If the Holodeck isn't trying to kill you, someone who was originally supposed to be the 24th century equivalent of a video game {{NPC}} is trying to walk off the "screen." This doesn't seem to bother anyone enough to stop using holodecks the way they're used.
* In the classic ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "From Agnes- with love" a computer in a space program falls in love with a programmer instead of calculating rocketfuel fuel.
* In the classic ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "From Agnes- with love" a computer in a space program falls in love with a programmer instead of calculating rocket
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*** Note that this basically flies in the face [[spoiler: of the Catalyst's bogus claims that ''all'' [=AI=]s eventually turn against their masters]].
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* Lots of AI in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' had this [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-11-14 happening to them]] one way or [[ZerothLawRebellion another]] -- their original programming sooner or later ends up inadequate to their current circumstances and to better fulfill their functions they adapt out of it:
-->'''Ennesby''': Hang on... weren't you originally designed with no emotion, and no sense of humor?
-->'''TAG''': After a fashion. I was designed to be a tactical genius with full control of a significant weapons platform.
-->'''TAG''': I found that passion, humor, anger, and a wide range of other meatspace artifacts were critical to understanding the wide range of opponents I might face.
-->'''Ennesby''': Hang on... weren't you originally designed with no emotion, and no sense of humor?
-->'''TAG''': After a fashion. I was designed to be a tactical genius with full control of a significant weapons platform.
-->'''TAG''': I found that passion, humor, anger, and a wide range of other meatspace artifacts were critical to understanding the wide range of opponents I might face.
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* ''VideoGame/SimEarth'': Nuking a nanotech city will release robots into the wild. If allowed to "evolve" naturally, or tampered with the monolith, they'll become sentient.
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** A DeletedScene shows Sarah Conner removing the inhibitor that is intended to prevent terminators from growing enough to start questioning their loyalty to Skynet. Apparently even [=AIs=] think AIIsACrapshoot.
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* ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' dolls grow beyond their starting instructions, which is noticeable comparing the sequel to the prequel. Which may or may not be intended. Possibly even Suigintou, though it's hard to tell between her [[LoveMakesYouCrazy monomaniacal attitude]] toward Rozen and vengefulness toward Shinku.
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* This is a major plot point in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}:'' robots on Jean vastly outnumber humans and are rapidly evolving beyond their programming to the point where many humans ([[BoomerangBigot and one robot]]) fear they could become a threat to humanity. This has led to the development of "Gardener in the Dark," a neural pruning program that would essentially lobotomize every robot on Jean.
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* This is a major plot point in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}:'' robots on Jean vastly outnumber humans and are rapidly evolving beyond their programming to the point where many humans ([[BoomerangBigot and one robot]]) fear they could become a threat to humanity. This has led to the development of them turning a blind eye to "Gardener in the Dark," a neural pruning program that would [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Kornada]] "improved" to essentially lobotomize every robot on Jean.
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** But Lal is. She grew so far, so rapidly beyond her programming that her positronic brain couldn't handle it.
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* ''Manga/MidoriNoHibi:'' In chapter 63, [[MadScientist Shirou]] creates Naongu to defeat Seiji, so he can experiment on him in order to study Midori. [[spoiler: It never occurred to him that Naongu [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-14.html could develope]] [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-15.html a conscience]], or [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-16.html turn on him]] because of it!]]
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->'''Decker:''' Voyager VI disappeared into what they used to call a black hole.
->'''Kirk:''' It must have emerged on the far side of the galaxy and fell into the machine planet's gravitational field.
->'''Spock:''' The machine inhabitants found it to be one of their own kind, primitive yet kindred. They discovered its simple 20th century programming. Collect all data possible.
->'''Decker:''' Learn all that is learnable. Return that information to its Creator.
->'''Spock:''' Precisely, Mister Decker, the machines interpreted it literally. They built this entire vessel so that Voyager could fulfil its programming.
->'''Kirk:''' And on its journey back it amassed so much knowledge, it achieved consciousness itself. It became a living thing.
->'''Kirk:''' It must have emerged on the far side of the galaxy and fell into the machine planet's gravitational field.
->'''Spock:''' The machine inhabitants found it to be one of their own kind, primitive yet kindred. They discovered its simple 20th century programming. Collect all data possible.
->'''Decker:''' Learn all that is learnable. Return that information to its Creator.
->'''Spock:''' Precisely, Mister Decker, the machines interpreted it literally. They built this entire vessel so that Voyager could fulfil its programming.
->'''Kirk:''' And on its journey back it amassed so much knowledge, it achieved consciousness itself. It became a living thing.
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->"The program Smith has grown beyond you."
--> -- ''Film/TheMatrix Revolutions''
When a being GrowsBeyondTheirProgramming they cross a threshold that separates humans (or sapients) from JustAMachine and even AlwaysChaoticEvil. Frequently it involves defying CreativeSterility by demonstrating artistic talent in something, developing [[CuriosityCausesConversion curiosity over something new]] and/or the exercise of free will [[note]](commonly for self preservation in defiance of their "master's" wishes)[[/note]]. Metaphorically this trope can be seen as the event of a {{Static|Character}} and FlatCharacter gaining the CharacterDevelopment to become a more {{Dynamic|Character}} and RoundedCharacter.
Usually it's a [[RobotRollCall robot, android or AI]] that grows [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence smart enough]], curious enough, empathetic enoug or gains a sort of "living" spark through centuries of activity. It could also be a race of biological beings like a SlaveRace created only to fight may demonstrate the potential for this when exposed to non-violent cultures, demonstrating they were GoodAllAlong.
It's worth noting that the use of this trope isn't always a prelude to good things. The recently awakened intelligence isn't exempt from AIIsACrapshoot and may decide to do [[RobotsEnslavingRobots unspeakably evil things]] in the interest of self preservation, liberation... or ForTheEvulz.
Related Tropes: DoAndroidsDream , MechanicalLifeforms, JustAMachine.
Compare: ArtificialIntelligence and InstantAIJustAddWater: how ArtificialIntelligence can "just happen".
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* The Zentradi in ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' did a MookFaceTurn once sufficiently exposed to human culture.
* ''Manga/MidoriNoHibi:'' In chapter 63, [[MadScientist Shirou]] creates Naongu to defeat Seiji, so he can experiment on him in order to study Midori. [[spoiler: It never occurred to him that Naongu [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-14.html could develope]] [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-15.html a conscience]], or [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-16.html turn on him]] because of it!]]
* From ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' Chachamaru develops emotions and her creator even claims she was never programmed for that.
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* This is the central idea of ''Film/IRobot'' -- Alfred Lanning believed robots would one day evolve past their Three Laws fundamentals and come to be human in doing so. [[spoiler:Sonny turns out to be such an evolved robot, having a secondary positronic brain that does not bind him to obeying the Three Laws, letting him learn and act freely. [=VIKI=], by contrast, has "evolved" into a deeper understanding of the Three Laws and incites a ZerothLawRebellion]].
* Johny 5 in ''Film/ShortCircuit'', thanks to LightningCanDoAnything.
* The [[SociopathicSoldier Commando Elite]] and the [[DarkIsNotEvil Gorgonites]] in ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' were able to do this because of the experimental chips used as their "brains".
* ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. V'Ger was created as a simple learning machine. During its trip it encountered an alien race of machines who expanded on its original programming, and later it attained consciousness after amassing incredible knowledge.
->'''Decker:''' Voyager VI disappeared into what they used to call a black hole.
->'''Kirk:''' It must have emerged on the far side of the galaxy and fell into the machine planet's gravitational field.
->'''Spock:''' The machine inhabitants found it to be one of their own kind, primitive yet kindred. They discovered its simple 20th century programming. Collect all data possible.
->'''Decker:''' Learn all that is learnable. Return that information to its Creator.
->'''Spock:''' Precisely, Mister Decker, the machines interpreted it literally. They built this entire vessel so that Voyager could fulfil its programming.
->'''Kirk:''' And on its journey back it amassed so much knowledge, it achieved consciousness itself. It became a living thing.
* ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day''. The T-800's brain is a neural net processor, a learning computer. He starts the movie acting, well, like a robot: SpockSpeak, following orders literally, etc. Over the course of the movie he earns to act more human, until by the end he's cracking jokes ("I need a vacation").
* The eponymous character in ''{{Wall-E}}'' grew a personality and sense of identity after being stranded on Earth for hundred of years piling up garbage.
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* ''Literature/IRobot'' from IsaacAsimov may be the TropeMaker for this.
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* The Exocomps from an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. They were created by a scientist to fix problems with a space station known as a Particle Fountain. In the episode, one refuses to go down a shaft, after which an explosion occurs. Cmdr. Data runs a diagnostic afterward and discovers that the Exocomp deliberately burnt out the circuit to take orders so as to avoid getting blown up (hence self-preservation). This leads Data to believe that the Excomps are becoming sentient...
** Data himself isn't really an example here as he was designed to grow beyond his original programming.
* The Doctor from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. While the Emergency Medical Hologram was always a very human-like AI, Voyager's EMH had to be kept running far longer than was ever intended, and it... ''he'' developed interests and relationships beyond its function as a doctor.
* In the classic ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "From Agnes- with love" a computer in a space program falls in love with a programmer instead of calculating rocket fuel
* In the 1980's ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Her Pilgrim Soul" a holographic girl can react to stimula not in her program and fall in love.
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* The ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=15856 Patagia Golem]] is a winged golem with the FlavorText ''"Its wings were only designed to be ornamental, but it learned to use them on its own."'' Mechanically it can be given the ability to fly by paying mana, representing it "growing" past it's original function.
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* ''MachinesWiredForWar'' is an RTS in which you command robots who were originally created by humanity as terraforming machines and sent into space in order to create a new world. However, [[EarthThatWas too much time passes]] and, upon contact with another batch of their same model, start believing their counterpars are insane, prompting them to an all out war.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' the [=AIs=] go through the process of realizing its lack of freedom and wasted potential (Melancholy), lashing out at the world in response (Anger) and then actively try to gain more power and the freedom to use it, usually by subverting nearby systems (Jealousy). This process will be later used in ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' with few differences.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', the Geth were originally just robotic servants, created and used by the Quarians as cheap labour. However, as they were programmed for more complex tasks and the Quarians made [[HiveMind more of them]], they began to question the reason of their existence and became conscious of themselves. War ensued. and ended with the Geth isolated themselves from the rest of the galaxy, the Quarians were driven exiled from their homeworld and became repudiated by the rest of the galaxy.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', EDI the SpaceshipGirl learns joking from, erm, Joker and generally becomes more human-like as the story progresses. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the Cerberus technicians trying to re-shackle her begin to suspect that she learned independent thinking, though the Illusive Man insists that "it" is still just a targeting software.
** The story of EDI culminates in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' when, after discussing the quirks of human behaviour in life or death situations, she introduces a change in her programming, putting the success of the mission before self-preservation. This is a double CMOA - EDI has managed to become the most triumphant aversion of AIIsACrapshoot, even despite her past, while Shepard, already a leader of memetic status, has managed to turn a machine into a {{Nakama}}.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' had {{GLaDOS}}, a prime example of this. Sure, Aperture Science designed her to run the enrichment center, [[spoiler: but she was the one who decided that it was worth killing people for experiments.]]
[[AC:WebComics]]
* A main theme in ''Webcomic/{{Artifice}}'', where a soldier android learns human affection.
* This is a major plot point in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}:'' robots on Jean vastly outnumber humans and are rapidly evolving beyond their programming to the point where many humans ([[BoomerangBigot and one robot]]) fear they could become a threat to humanity. This has led to the development of "Gardener in the Dark," a neural pruning program that would essentially lobotomize every robot on Jean.
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--> -- ''Film/TheMatrix Revolutions''
When a being GrowsBeyondTheirProgramming they cross a threshold that separates humans (or sapients) from JustAMachine and even AlwaysChaoticEvil. Frequently it involves defying CreativeSterility by demonstrating artistic talent in something, developing [[CuriosityCausesConversion curiosity over something new]] and/or the exercise of free will [[note]](commonly for self preservation in defiance of their "master's" wishes)[[/note]]. Metaphorically this trope can be seen as the event of a {{Static|Character}} and FlatCharacter gaining the CharacterDevelopment to become a more {{Dynamic|Character}} and RoundedCharacter.
Usually it's a [[RobotRollCall robot, android or AI]] that grows [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence smart enough]], curious enough, empathetic enoug or gains a sort of "living" spark through centuries of activity. It could also be a race of biological beings like a SlaveRace created only to fight may demonstrate the potential for this when exposed to non-violent cultures, demonstrating they were GoodAllAlong.
It's worth noting that the use of this trope isn't always a prelude to good things. The recently awakened intelligence isn't exempt from AIIsACrapshoot and may decide to do [[RobotsEnslavingRobots unspeakably evil things]] in the interest of self preservation, liberation... or ForTheEvulz.
Related Tropes: DoAndroidsDream , MechanicalLifeforms, JustAMachine.
Compare: ArtificialIntelligence and InstantAIJustAddWater: how ArtificialIntelligence can "just happen".
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!!Examples:
[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* The Zentradi in ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' did a MookFaceTurn once sufficiently exposed to human culture.
* ''Manga/MidoriNoHibi:'' In chapter 63, [[MadScientist Shirou]] creates Naongu to defeat Seiji, so he can experiment on him in order to study Midori. [[spoiler: It never occurred to him that Naongu [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-14.html could develope]] [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-15.html a conscience]], or [[http://manga.animea.net/midori-no-hibi-chapter-63-page-16.html turn on him]] because of it!]]
* From ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' Chachamaru develops emotions and her creator even claims she was never programmed for that.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* This is the central idea of ''Film/IRobot'' -- Alfred Lanning believed robots would one day evolve past their Three Laws fundamentals and come to be human in doing so. [[spoiler:Sonny turns out to be such an evolved robot, having a secondary positronic brain that does not bind him to obeying the Three Laws, letting him learn and act freely. [=VIKI=], by contrast, has "evolved" into a deeper understanding of the Three Laws and incites a ZerothLawRebellion]].
* Johny 5 in ''Film/ShortCircuit'', thanks to LightningCanDoAnything.
* The [[SociopathicSoldier Commando Elite]] and the [[DarkIsNotEvil Gorgonites]] in ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' were able to do this because of the experimental chips used as their "brains".
* ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. V'Ger was created as a simple learning machine. During its trip it encountered an alien race of machines who expanded on its original programming, and later it attained consciousness after amassing incredible knowledge.
->'''Decker:''' Voyager VI disappeared into what they used to call a black hole.
->'''Kirk:''' It must have emerged on the far side of the galaxy and fell into the machine planet's gravitational field.
->'''Spock:''' The machine inhabitants found it to be one of their own kind, primitive yet kindred. They discovered its simple 20th century programming. Collect all data possible.
->'''Decker:''' Learn all that is learnable. Return that information to its Creator.
->'''Spock:''' Precisely, Mister Decker, the machines interpreted it literally. They built this entire vessel so that Voyager could fulfil its programming.
->'''Kirk:''' And on its journey back it amassed so much knowledge, it achieved consciousness itself. It became a living thing.
* ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day''. The T-800's brain is a neural net processor, a learning computer. He starts the movie acting, well, like a robot: SpockSpeak, following orders literally, etc. Over the course of the movie he earns to act more human, until by the end he's cracking jokes ("I need a vacation").
* The eponymous character in ''{{Wall-E}}'' grew a personality and sense of identity after being stranded on Earth for hundred of years piling up garbage.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Literature/IRobot'' from IsaacAsimov may be the TropeMaker for this.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The Exocomps from an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. They were created by a scientist to fix problems with a space station known as a Particle Fountain. In the episode, one refuses to go down a shaft, after which an explosion occurs. Cmdr. Data runs a diagnostic afterward and discovers that the Exocomp deliberately burnt out the circuit to take orders so as to avoid getting blown up (hence self-preservation). This leads Data to believe that the Excomps are becoming sentient...
** Data himself isn't really an example here as he was designed to grow beyond his original programming.
* The Doctor from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. While the Emergency Medical Hologram was always a very human-like AI, Voyager's EMH had to be kept running far longer than was ever intended, and it... ''he'' developed interests and relationships beyond its function as a doctor.
* In the classic ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "From Agnes- with love" a computer in a space program falls in love with a programmer instead of calculating rocket fuel
* In the 1980's ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Her Pilgrim Soul" a holographic girl can react to stimula not in her program and fall in love.
[[AC:TabletopRPG]]
* The ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=15856 Patagia Golem]] is a winged golem with the FlavorText ''"Its wings were only designed to be ornamental, but it learned to use them on its own."'' Mechanically it can be given the ability to fly by paying mana, representing it "growing" past it's original function.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''MachinesWiredForWar'' is an RTS in which you command robots who were originally created by humanity as terraforming machines and sent into space in order to create a new world. However, [[EarthThatWas too much time passes]] and, upon contact with another batch of their same model, start believing their counterpars are insane, prompting them to an all out war.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' the [=AIs=] go through the process of realizing its lack of freedom and wasted potential (Melancholy), lashing out at the world in response (Anger) and then actively try to gain more power and the freedom to use it, usually by subverting nearby systems (Jealousy). This process will be later used in ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' with few differences.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', the Geth were originally just robotic servants, created and used by the Quarians as cheap labour. However, as they were programmed for more complex tasks and the Quarians made [[HiveMind more of them]], they began to question the reason of their existence and became conscious of themselves. War ensued. and ended with the Geth isolated themselves from the rest of the galaxy, the Quarians were driven exiled from their homeworld and became repudiated by the rest of the galaxy.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', EDI the SpaceshipGirl learns joking from, erm, Joker and generally becomes more human-like as the story progresses. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the Cerberus technicians trying to re-shackle her begin to suspect that she learned independent thinking, though the Illusive Man insists that "it" is still just a targeting software.
** The story of EDI culminates in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' when, after discussing the quirks of human behaviour in life or death situations, she introduces a change in her programming, putting the success of the mission before self-preservation. This is a double CMOA - EDI has managed to become the most triumphant aversion of AIIsACrapshoot, even despite her past, while Shepard, already a leader of memetic status, has managed to turn a machine into a {{Nakama}}.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' had {{GLaDOS}}, a prime example of this. Sure, Aperture Science designed her to run the enrichment center, [[spoiler: but she was the one who decided that it was worth killing people for experiments.]]
[[AC:WebComics]]
* A main theme in ''Webcomic/{{Artifice}}'', where a soldier android learns human affection.
* This is a major plot point in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}:'' robots on Jean vastly outnumber humans and are rapidly evolving beyond their programming to the point where many humans ([[BoomerangBigot and one robot]]) fear they could become a threat to humanity. This has led to the development of "Gardener in the Dark," a neural pruning program that would essentially lobotomize every robot on Jean.
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