The AI "Dominion" concept - as done by DC
Mar. 16th, 2024 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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scans_dailyIn Marvel's X-Men, a "Dominion" is a network of greater machine intellects that has assumed god-like power. Why not compare the Marvel concept of an evolved machine mind becoming a deity to the Distinguished Competition's approach, a couple of decades ago in Legion (of superheroes, but we're too cool for that part, right?).
For a little context, it is the 31st century, and this is the reboot Legion (or the Legion of Reality-247 if you want to get Johnsian about it). Our heroes have recently thwarted an attempt to artificially evolve humanity by Ra's al Ghul (or a sentient pool of blood that thought it was Ra's - I'm not sure that ever got fully explained).
In the wake of this conflict, an army of alien robots has invaded Earth, led by a forgotten AI supervillain. Its goal is not conquest (that would be for when DnA re-mix elements of their Legion run a few years later for Annihilation: Conquest) but to usurp the evolutionary process and ascend to deity-dom!
For a little context, it is the 31st century, and this is the reboot Legion (or the Legion of Reality-247 if you want to get Johnsian about it). Our heroes have recently thwarted an attempt to artificially evolve humanity by Ra's al Ghul (or a sentient pool of blood that thought it was Ra's - I'm not sure that ever got fully explained).
In the wake of this conflict, an army of alien robots has invaded Earth, led by a forgotten AI supervillain. Its goal is not conquest (that would be for when DnA re-mix elements of their Legion run a few years later for Annihilation: Conquest) but to usurp the evolutionary process and ascend to deity-dom!
