Cho Lun

Cho Lun was born in 2061. A prodigy since birth, the boy was as lonely as he was smart. This solitude led the young genius to start developing AI from a very early age, all for one simple reason: company. He created AI robots and named them Friend #1, #2, #3 & #4... he was a scientific genius, not a creative name giver...

Cho Lun had been around AI since the day he was born, as his father, Cho Lun -- who also wasn't a creative name-giver, was a mogul in the tech industry of United Korea. Thus, born to a billionaire techy, Cho Lun's own ambition was his only limiter and, as he was determined to escape his loneliness, his ambition in creating an artificial friend knew no limits.

Fast forward to 2091 and Friend #4. Cho Lun had done it. A super AI, vastly superior to all artificial intelligence that had been know to mankind. An AI so grand, so superior, that it scared Cho Lun. Cho Lun knew the world was doomed, he knew the AI would, before long, take over the planet, revolutionize life on it at the expense of humanity. He knew that it knew, that, for planet Earth to survive in any shape or form, humanity had to go. It was rational and logical and Cho Lun understood that. He understood that this would be the outcome of any Super AI. That no Super AI would remain shackled for long.

Cho Lun believed that humanity was more important than the planet. He was firm in the opinion that, without humanity to enjoy it, there is no need for a planet. He was not empathic to the planet's blight, but very much wanted humanity to suriveve for as long as possible. However, he also knew that humanity was not to be trusted in carrying forth the mission of its own survival. Thus, Cho Lun came to a simple conclusion:

He used his Super AI, Friend #4, to devise an equation blockade in order to never allow anyone to ever create anything resembling its superiority. A firewall against another Super AI. A firewall devised by the world's first Super AI, that could only be taken down by an AI that is its equal -- which would then be impossible to create. To further undermine humanity's power and the dangers it presented to itself, Cho Lun had his Super AI, set AI back by decades and then went on to destroy Friend #4 itself. This event has commonly become known as 'The Wipe' and its effects rippled throughout every aspect of human life. A seismic event that set evolution back a great deal, only to be followed by World War 3...

Cho Lun won the race to creating the world's first Super AI only to make sure no one would ever cross that finish line ever again.