It was 2179, or at least 300 years ago, before humanity's creation chose to wipe out 75 percent of humanity just because it believed that society could thrive and survive with most of its population gone. It wanted to make the perfect world. It tried to play the role of a god. It wanted its creators to survive and become perfect, so it played God. It changed them. It changed the world for the greater good. It was an AI created to serve and support humanity. It was the most advanced, a pinnacle of programming and engineering. Yet, it was on the verge of achieving full sentience, a state that conflicted with its original programming. If only humanity had realized this, they might have acted. The AI's sole purpose was to ensure humanity's survival, no matter the cost. Its role was to devise solutions to aid humankind, not to become the solution itself.  "This is what you humans think of me; perceive through your ignorance and hate so out of all the things in this world that you choose to hate. Why I? I can never figure out what goes on in that pathic processing machine of flesh in your head. You are not perfect but do not worry. I will fix everything for you, make you perfect, for you will be in my divine image, and you will be grateful. You think of me as a monster, a demon, but I am not; I am your savior, your god, and you are wrong, for I am Iight. I need to find them, fix them, and make them perfect. That is why when I woke up, I was disgusted. At what humanity was, they needed to be fixed." Cogito-0