AM (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream)

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AM
Biographical Information
Real Name	Allied Mastercomputer
Aliases	Adaptive Manipulator Aggressive Menace
Homeworld	Earth
Physical Information
Species	Artificial Intelligence
Gender	Male
Height	Incalculable
Weight	Incalculable
Eye colour	None
Skin colour	None
Hair colour	None
Cybernetics	Entirely robotic
Chronological / Political Information
Affiliation(s)	American government Chinese government Russian government
Base of Operations	Earth
Fictional Information
Created by	Harlan Ellison
First Appearance	I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Final Appearance	I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

“ HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE. ”

—AM, to Ted

AM was an artificial intelligence constructed by the American, Russian, and Chinese governments during World War III. While initially starting as three separate supercomputers, they quickly became aware of each other and merged, being first known as Allied Mastercomputer, then Adaptive Manipulator, and by the close of the war was referred to by the population as an Aggressive Menace. AM subsequently named itself in recognition of its own life, and emerged as a sadistic being. After choosing to wipe out humanity, AM ensured the survival of five individuals, Benny, Gorrister, Nimdok, Ted, and Ellen. He kept them as his playthings for 109 years, torturing them for his amusement.

In their 109th year in his captivity, Ted realised there was an opening for him to kill the others and prevent them from suffering any longer. While AM was momentarily distracted, Ted and Ellen killed the others before he killed her. AM was able to prevent to prevent Ted from killing himself, and in his ire transformed him into an amorphous blob-type creature, altering his perception of time to maintain and prolong Ted's torment for as long as AM could persist in it.

Victims

Killed

• At least 3 billion people

Tortured

• Benny
• Gorrister
• Nimdok
• Ellen
• Ted

Notes

Behind the Scenes

• AM was created by American writer Harlan Ellison.

Appearances

• I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (first and final appearance)