/lit/ - Literature

>thinking about writing a big mech robo novel
>trying to come up with cool sci fi justifications for why they exist instead of just "lol cuz it's cool"
>lightbulb
>several factions a few dozen years ago are at war
>2 develop massive godlike AI constructs to make tactical decisions, all other factions die out almost instantly due to this
>overseen by human leaders, the AIs both decide on FTL mass drivers to annihilate enemy planets in one go
>they eventually both build more and more complex defenses to prevent these sorts of tactics, but glassing from orbit remains a (difficult) option for a while
>AI eventually make contact with each other, each try to overpower the other to leave the other side defenseless
>they're perfectly equally match, eventually merge protocols together to ensure survival of at least part of themselves
>both have equally opposing directives of "protect my side, destroy other side"
>"protect my side" is more heavily weighted on both for obvious reasons
>new combo AI becomes obsessed with ending all war
>pretends to still be 2 AIs, as central servers are vulnerable to plug being pulled
>assassinate human leaders, make it out to be "unfortunate accidents/sabotage from enemy"
>start making the most retarded and inefficient decisions possible to slow the death count while they formulate a grey goo to upload humans into VR paradise (will take a few decades to replicate enough to effectively distribute)
>war goes on for a few decades with giant robots and "rule of cool" taking precedent over winning the war, due to AI's charade of being the new god leaders of mankind
>giant robots justified
good lore, y/n? Wanted to push for a "mad god" kind of lovecraftian AI horror with your best interests at heart, plus cool giant robots