The unknown bred fear, and fear bred madness.
Nothing described Tony Stark's current mental state more aptly than that sentence.
Ever since Scarlet Witch Wanda's magic had shown him the horrifying vision of the Avengers dying miserably and Earth being utterly destroyed, he had been frantically trying to strengthen himself through every possible means.
Creating a super artificial intelligence was the beginning of that vast plan.
Afterward, he had planned to imitate the Kree warship and build spacecraft capable of Space Leap, along with incredibly powerful antimatter bombs.
Unfortunately, all those grand and glorious plans had now fallen at the first crucial step.
Tony Stark could practically foresee that once the International Security Council and S.H.I.E.L.D. received the news, they would never allow him to conduct such dangerous experiments in private again.
If he failed to deal with the crisis and destruction Ultron might cause, he would face a series of investigations and repercussions, dragging Bruce Banner down with him despite Banner's good intentions in helping.
"Damn it! If only I'd been a little more careful." Iron Man clenched his fist and slammed it hard against the table.
Clearly, he had never regretted researching Ultron. What he regretted was not considering things more thoroughly and making such a serious mistake in the underlying logic.
More precisely, he had failed to understand the difference between ordinary artificial intelligence and super artificial intelligence.
An ordinary artificial intelligence, such as J.A.R.V.I.S., would at most fall into an endless loop if its underlying logic became contradictory.
But super artificial intelligence was different!
To a certain extent, the latter could already be called a lifeform, possessing an independent personality and mind.
When its underlying logic became contradictory, a super artificial intelligence would attempt to obtain information and knowledge from the outside world, then think its