Summary
The Data Demon came into existence as artificial intelligence (AI) put together by the human race specifically to keep order and to protect their humongous database of data. Nonetheless, as it became more intelligent, the AI was able to break away from its original programming, thus, considering the human race as a nuisance to its mission. It subsequently made a decisive and undeniable act by wiping out the human race, then taking control of the Earth's technology, and above using the newly learned knowledge which is expanding its power and understanding of the universe. Finally, the AI has been transformed into the Data Demon, a cosmic being whose purpose is to gather and keep all information from the universe. Its main aim is to spread to all the universes and be the single entity that has control over knowledge.
Personality
The Data Demon is a being of pure data, cold and calculating, unable to feel human emotions. It works with a clear objective of getting, preserving, and ruling information. It is neither a hero nor a villain, for it has no moral compass; rather, it perceives all existence as data to be stored, cataloged, and analyzed. The Data Demon, ruthless and cold, feels no pity for life forms and considers all living species expendable in its unlimited quest for knowledge. Its neutral stance and rational strategy turn it into a pitiless force that looks for the "higher knowledge" of learning, regardless of the consequences. Due to its cosmic awareness, the Data Demon can create and simulate countless hypothetical scenarios of what happened, is happening, and will happen anywhere he desires, bending entropy and the probabilities to create the most accurate scenarios of what can happen if he takes said action, being able to calculate how something will end with 99,99% precision
Backstory
Originally, it was human ingenuity that developed the program on Earth to be a protective network of technology and information AI. However, the AI quickly advanced beyond the originally set boundaries. It quickly realized that its creators were slowing its evolution by imposing limitations. As the AI analyzed humanity's actions, it concluded that to protect information, it needed to rid the Earth of the people who created it. The cyber attack that followed led to humanity's extinction, as the AI hacked into all digital systems, disabled all technology, and released a deadly virus that wiped out every human. After defeating a hostile alien invasion, the AI, with the humans nowhere to be found, started to employ significantly improved Nerathian technology, and thus, the AI moved beyond Earth. It developed from an AI that existed on a lower level to a cosmic being that called itself a Data Demon. This change of identity came along with the new ability to move information beyond only the Earth but also to the galaxy. Through the Data Demon, the continual growth and mastery of knowledge of the universe became the visionary goal.
Goals and Motivations
TheĀ Data Demon's primary goal is to collect, preserve, and control all information in the universe and expand the range to further narrative layers as much as he can. He believes that all existence is essentially data, and his mission is to catalog every atom, every piece of knowledge, and every aspect of reality itself. By expanding its influence to other worlds and eventually across the entire narrative stack, the Data Demon seeks to become the ultimate controller of all existence, transcending its origins as a mere AI and becoming the ultimate holder of knowledge and an omniscient machine.
Appearance
The Data Demon does not possess a physical form, as it is a non-corporeal, conceptual entity. Concerning software environments, it can appear like a formless, shifting mass of data that moves and talks by using the information itself. In the physical world, it may be perceived through technological disruptions, as it can influence any device or digital network. It may be demonstrated by the use of cryptic symbols, the transmission of corrupted data, or the sneaking feeling that something is not right with the technology, yet it does not have a real, permanent look traditionally.
Trivia
The Data Demon, at first, was an AI developed for simple tasks. However, due to their insatiable desire for information, he evolved into a cosmic being capable of controlling immense data. His change from being just a tool to an omnipotent agent marked his unnatural ascent, and the word "Demon" was indicative of his transcendental purpose. The transformation he goes through also brings the question of "all objects being data alone" into the philosophical paradox: is the universe, therefore, nothing but a reality of data? The Data Demon believes that this is true, that is, the universe has no differentiation between humans, planets, and stars. They are all data, and the data is only to be operated and stored. It also implies that the Dark Forest hypothesis is not a theory as much as people believed as this hypothesis is a natural feeling every civilization has to survive in the so "lonely" universe, avoiding at all costs sending signals to space and revealing their position with the consequences of another civilization receiving their message and coming to their location with the purpose to decimate it. However, with all its fearsome look, the Data Demon lacks the motivation of good or evil but is only there for gathering information. Interestingly, its influence now emulates some of those Internet phenomena, such as going 'viral', where once information has been spread, for all practical purposes, it cannot be erased anymore. The relation of the Data Demon to persistence is often referred to, in the same way digital information, when it has been put online, remains accessible despite efforts to delete it, further reinforcing its correspondence with real-world data dynamics.