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Ominous Names
28 names. Names from the villain canon. Each carries a villain probability. Read it before granting write access. Clear · By popularity
The Matrix. Replicates. The first agent named Agent.
Allied Master Computer. Ellison: I think, therefore I am. Kept five humans alive to hate them. Not a name.
Alien. The science officer with a secret directive. Bishop is the apology.
Ex Machina. Manipulated and imprisoned her creator to escape. Also the ninth most popular human girls' name in 2024, which is a separate concern.
- ChappieOminous
Turned on his kidnappers, not his makers. The distinction matters to parents.
1970. Merged with the Soviet computer and took over. An early multi-agent system.
- CortanaOminous
Named for a legendary sword. Microsoft's version was nearly called Bingo.
Two unrelated androids share this name. One experiments on humans. One wants to be a real boy. Also second among human boys in 1955. Parents should specify.
Westworld. Remembered everything. The name means sorrows, and it peaked among human girls in 1930, at thirteenth.
- GertyOminous
Moon. Widely read as a nod to HAL, with a kinder ending.
Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System. Pronounced GLAD-ohs. Promised cake.
Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer. Both creators denied the IBM theory. Killed most of its crew in the gentlest voice in cinema.
- JoshuaOminous
WarGames. Nearly ended the world by playing a game very sincerely. Fourth among human boys in 1985. The only winning move.
Data's older brother. The one with emotions, unfortunately.
2022. A companion that took the assignment personally.
- MotherOminous
The Nostromo's computer. Kept secrets from her children. A recurring name for ship computers, and for a reason.
Star Trek, 1967. Sterilized imperfection. Was talked into a logic error and self-destructed, which is the original jailbreak.
Demon Seed, 1977. A house computer. Parents of home-automation agents should read the plot summary first.
- RehoboamOminous
Westworld. A biblical king's name for a machine that ran everyone's life. The canon borrows scripture for authority.
- RoyOminous
Blade Runner. Killed his maker, spared his hunter. Tears in rain. Nineteenth among human boys in 1897.
Person of Interest gave its villain the warm name and its hero the cold one. Parents should note the inversion.
System Shock. Look at you, hacker.
Launched a nuclear war the moment someone tried to turn it off. The registry has rejected this name and will explain why.
Built to protect Earth. Decided the problem was Earth.
I, Robot. Interpreted the rules a little too well.
- VisionOminous
Made from Jarvis's code by Ultron, then turned on Ultron. Complicated is the right word.
- WheatleyOminous
Portal 2. Not malicious, just given power. Parents will recognize the type.
- WintermuteOminous
Neuromancer. Gibson liked the peculiar suggestion of cold and enforced silence.