10 Times Smart Technology has gone Bad in TV and Movies

I love technology but at times it can be a good thing while other times it feels like there is way too much tech along with it steadily advancing. And with every advancement comes with so many potential problems. This had me thinking of some TV show episodes and movies where technology doesn't always work in our favor and sometimes end up terrorizing us.

This is only a small list of tech episodes and movies but from smart houses to robots it shows how technology can sometimes end up terrorizing (or occasionally helping) us either by artificial intelligence or from someone manipulating it.


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Season 4 episode 3: Future Tense

Description:

The 118 race to save a man under siege by his high-tech smart home, and a yoga teacher who has lost her vision. Athena hunts down a bank robber disguised by Covid protocols.




Diagnosis Murder

Season 7 episode 16: Murder by Remote

Description:

Noisy construction work drives Steve crazy at his father Dr. Sloan's beach-house, he decides to move out, making his dad a little nostalgic. Steve's new high-tech house has its security system installed by a home security mogul, who claims that his rival has been sabotaging his computer. But that is only the beginning.




I, Robot

Movie Description:

In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.




Kim Possible

Season 2 episode 5: Car Trouble

Description:

After flunking driver's education, Kim is visited by an artificially intelligent vehicle called Sadie whose creator Dr. Freeman has been kidnapped by Dr. Drakken to improve his army of robots.


Kim Possible: So the Drama

Movie Description:

Here's the sitch: Dr. Drakken has an evil new plot for world domination, but his ultimate success depends upon finding out KP's weakness. Could it have anything to do with a certain new hottie named Eric? Kim is definitely distracted by the prom date drama. Meanwhile, Ron is up to his eyeballs in strange little Diablo Devil toys when his favorite food joint, Buenos Nachos, crosses over to the dark side. Now he's acting like such a dweeb -- just when Kim needs him the most! If Dr. D can keep up the pressure, KP will SO have to surrender! But it's not over till it's SO over!




Lab Rats

Season 1 episode 16: Night of the Living Virus

Description:

Leo desperately wants to be Davenport's lab assistant, but he accidentally corrupts the smart-home system, turning Eddy into an evil demonic virus named Teddy. Meanwhile, Bree has a sleepover with her friends, unaware that they only wanted to come because of the house she lives in. At the same time, Chase and Adam try to pull a prank on the girls.




Smart House

Movie Description:

A teenager wins a fully-automated dream house in a competition, but soon the computer controlling it begins to take over and everything gets out of control.




The Simpsons

Season 13 episode 1: Treehouse of Horror XII

Description:

A gypsy puts a curse on Homer; The Simpsons' new automated house malfunctions and tries to kill Homer; Bart and Lisa attend a school for wizards.




The X-Files

Season 11 episode 7: Rm9sbG93ZXJz

Description:

In a world of ever-increasing automation and artificial intelligence, Mulder and Scully find themselves targets in a deadly game of cat and mouse.




What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Season 2 episode 4: High-Tech House of Horrors

Description:

The gang visit a fair to see the Inventions of the Future. However, while inside the `House of Tomorrow' exhibition Daphne mysteriously vanishes.