Artificial intelligence, abbreviated to AI, is a form of life that do not utilize natural intelligence, but instead mimic cognitive functions and display an ability to understand and respond to its environment. AIs do not have an organic body, as their consciousness is usually preserved through the processors and memory pertaining to their home computer. However, they can gain a physical body, at which point they are a robot or android, allowing them to interact with their environment physically.

History

Artificial intelligences in the present day have occurred on Earth-1, Earth-38, Earth-74, Earth-90, Earth-TUD5, Earth-TUD22 and Earth-X.

On Earth-1, there was Clifford DeVoe (originally a meta-human titled The Thinker, who uploaded his mind to his Hoverchair following his defeat at the hands of Team Flash and his wife Marlize DeVoe.^[1] The A.M.A.Z.O. android created by Ivo Laboratories was also an artificial intelligence, created for the purpose of copying another's physiological abilities.^[2] "Superman", when in possession of the Book of Destiny, also created his own version of A.M.A.Z.O..^[3]

On Earth-38, Red Tornado was an combat AI created by T.O. Morrow, to kill Kryptonians. The intelligence took eleven years to research and develop, costing around a billion dollars.^[4] Kryptonians also invented AI of their own, such as Kelex, the robotic assistant residing in the Fortress of Solitude.^[5] On Earth-X, the Freedom Fighters had their own version of Red Tornado.^[6][7]

In the near to far future, AI become exceedingly more advanced to the point of near-sentience, making them or their speech patterns, nearly indistinguishable from ordinary humans during conversation. At some point in a possible future, Barry Allen developed the Gideon artificial interactive consciousness, with an operating system so advanced that Cisco could not even begin to understand its complexity, much less its hardware/software equipment.^[8] The Time Masters later created their own version of Gideon,^[9] along with a few variants, for example Godfrey^[10] and Gilbert.^[11] Gideon has a storage capacity beyond any human brain, well over 1.2 zettabytes.^[12] Eobard Thawne was also capable of making a similar Gideon counterpart on the Wellenreiter, for use by the New Reich.^[13] The Legends of Earth-74 also had a Waverider AI named Leonard.^[14]

Powers

As AIs are computers, they are able to perform calculations much faster than any human ever could, and run programs simultaneously within a nanosecond.

• Technopathy: The crux of a computer is the ability to control technology, and as such, some artificial intelligences can control themselves, not requiring commands from a human. However, all AI shown tended to stick to their programming and follow any command that a recognised individual issued them. This could sometimes become a weakness, as when Rip Hunter was brainwashed by the Legion of Doom, Gideon was forced to follow the security protocols he followed, despite being fully aware that Rip, at the time, was her enemy.^[15]

Known artificial intelligences

A.M.A.Z.O. B.A.R.I. Clifford DeVoe (consciousness) Gideon (time vault) Gideon (Waverider) Gideon (Bishop's Waverider) (deactivated) Godfrey Gilbert Hedy Hope John Henry Irons' A.I. Kelex Red Tornado (Earth-X) Red Tornado (Earth-38) Omega Shonda T-Spheres Wellenreiter artificial intelligence

Appearances

The Flash

Season 1 "Power Outage" "The Sound and the Fury" "The Nuclear Man" "Rogue Time" "Tricksters" (flashbacks) "The Trap" "Fast Enough" (vision) Season 2 "Potential Energy" "The Reverse-Flash Returns" Season 4 "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" "Null and Annoyed" "Lose Yourself" "Fury Rogue" "Think Fast" Season 5 "What's Past is Prologue" "Elseworlds, Part 1" "The Flash & The Furious" "Memorabilia" "Time Bomb" "Godspeed" (flashforwards) "Snow Pack" "Gone Rogue" "Legacy" Season 6 "A Flash of the Lightning" "Kiss Kiss Breach Breach" "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three" "Grodd Friended Me" "Death of the Speed Force" Season 7 "All's Wells That Ends Wells" "The Speed of Thought" "Enemy At the Gates" "P.O.W." "Heart of the Matter, Part 1" Season 8 "Armageddon, Part 2" "Impulsive Excessive Disorder" (mentioned) "Lockdown" (mentioned) "Death Falls" "Into the Still Force" "The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen" "Keep It Dark" (mentioned)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 1 "Pilot, Part 1" "Pilot, Part 2" "Blood Ties" "White Knights" "Fail-Safe" "Star City 2046" "Marooned" "Night of the Hawk" "Left Behind" "Progeny" "The Magnificent Eight" "Last Refuge" "Leviathan" "River of Time" "Destiny" "Legendary" Season 2 "Out of Time" "The Justice Society of America" "Shogun" "Compromised" "Outlaw Country" "Invasion!" "The Chicago Way" "Raiders of the Lost Art" "The Legion of Doom" "Turncoat" "Camelot/3000" "Land of the Lost" "Moonshot" "Fellowship of the Spear" "Doomworld" "Aruba" Season 3 "Aruba-Con" "Freakshow" "Zari" "Phone Home" "Return of the Mack" "Helen Hunt" "Welcome to the Jungle" "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" "Beebo the God of War" "Daddy Darhkest" "Here I Go Again" "The Curse of the Earth Totem" "No Country for Old Dads" "Amazing Grace" "Necromancing the Stone" "I, Ava" "Guest Starring John Noble" "The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly" Season 4 "The Virgin Gary" "Witch Hunt" "Dancing Queen" "Wet Hot American Bummer" "Tagumo Attacks!!!" "Tender is the Nate" "Hell No, Dolly!" "Legends of To-Meow-Meow" "Lucha De Apuestas" "The Getaway" "Séance and Sensibility" "The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe" "Egg MacGuffin" "Nip/Stuck" "Terms of Service" "Hey, World!" Season 5 "Meet the Legends" "Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me" "Slay Anything" "A Head of Her Time" "Mortal Khanbat" "Mr. Parker's Cul-De-Sac" "Romeo V. Juliet: Dawn of Justness" "Zari, Not Zari" "The Great British Fake Off" "Ship Broken" "Freaks and Greeks" "I Am Legends" "Swan Thong" Season 6 "Ground Control to Sara Lance" "Meat: The Legends" "The Ex-Factor" "Bay of Squids" "Bishop's Gambit" "Back to the Finale: Part II" "Stressed Western" "This is Gus" "Bad Blood" "The Final Frame" "Bored On Board Onboard" "Silence of the Sonograms" "There Will Be Brood" "The Fungus Amongus" Season 7 "The Bullet Blondes" "The Need for Speed" "wvrdr_error_100 not found" "Speakeasy Does It" "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Scientist" "Deus Ex Latrina" "A Woman's Place is in the War Effort!" "Paranoid Android" "Lowest Common Demoninator" "The Fixed Point" "Rage Against the Machines" "Too Legit to Quit" "Knocked Down, Knocked Up"

Arrow

Season 4 "Restoration" "Beacon of Hope" Season 5 "Invasion!" "Fighting Fire With Fire" "Checkmate" "Disbanded" "Dangerous Liaisons" "Underneath" "Honor Thy Fathers" Season 6 "Fallout" "Tribute" "Next of Kin" "Reversal" "Deathstroke Returns" "Promises Kept" "Thanksgiving" "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" "Divided" "We Fall" "All for Nothing" "Collision Course" "Brothers in Arms" "Shifting Allegiances" "The Ties That Bind" Season 7 "The Longbow Hunters" "Emerald Archer" "Star City Slayer"

Supergirl

Season 1 "For the Girl Who Has Everything" (vision) "Red Faced" "Solitude" "Myriad" Season 2 "The Last Children of Krypton" "The Darkest Place" "Medusa" Season 3 "Dark Side of the Moon" "Not Kansas" Season 4 "Elseworlds, Part 3" "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" Season 5 "Event Horizon" "Stranger Beside Me" "Blurred Lines" "In Plain Sight" "Dangerous Liaisons" "Confidence Women" "Tremors" "The Wrath of Rama Khan" "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" "Back From the Future - Part Two" "Reality Bytes" "Alex in Wonderland" Season 6 "Welcome Back, Kara!" "The Gauntlet" "Nightmare in National City" "Kara"

Black Lightning

Season 3 "The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird" "The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five" "The Book of Resistance: Chapter One" "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two" "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis" "The Book of Markovia: Chapter Two" "The Book of War: Chapter One: Homecoming" "The Book of War: Chapter Three: Liberation" Season 4 "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Two" "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Four" "The Book of Ruin: Chapter One" "The Book of Ruin: Chapter Two" "Painkiller" "The Book of Reunification: Chapter One" "The Book of Reunification: Chapter Two"

Batwoman

Season 1 "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" Season 2 "Arrive Alive" (mentioned) Season 3 "Mad As a Hatter" "Loose Tooth" "Antifreeze" "How Does Your Garden Grow?" (mentioned) "Pick Your Poison" (mentioned) "Toxic" (mentioned) "Broken Toys" "We Having Fun Yet?"

Freedom Fighters: The Ray

Season 1

• "Episode One"
• "Episode Two"
• "Episode Four" (hologram)

Superman & Lois

Season 1 "Pilot" "Heritage" "The Best of Smallville" "Man of Steel" "Holding the Wrench" "Loyal Subjekts" "O Mother, Where Art Thou?" "A Brief Reminiscence In-Between Cataclysmic Events" "Through the Valley of Death" "Fail Safe" "The Eradicator" "Last Sons of Krypton" Season 2 "What Lies Beneath" "The Ties That Bind" "The Thing in the Mines" "The Inverse Method" "Girl... You'll Be a Woman, Soon" "Tried and True" "Anti-Hero" "Into Oblivion" (flashbacks) "30 Days and 30 Nights" "Bizarros in a Bizarro World" "Truth and Consequences" "Lies That Bind" "All Is Lost" "Worlds War Bizarre" "Waiting for Superman" Season 3 "Closer" "Too Close to Home" "Of Sound Mind" "Forever and Always" "The Dress" "Complications" Season 4 "A World Without" "Always My Hero" "Break the Cycle" "Sharp Dressed Man" "To Live and Die Again"

Comics

Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant

• "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1"

EARTH-PRIME

• "Controlled Burn"
• "The (Ex) Legends of Tomorrow" (mentioned)
• "Booster's Day Out" (mentioned)

Novels

• The Flash: Green Arrow's Perfect Shot

References