Ryan wasn't happy about it at all, but Tony convinced him. With his Super Brain and everything he'd learned while studying the Cosmic Cube, he could definitely help.
Tony was pleased that both Banner and Ryan intended to help. He launched into an enthusiastic pitch.
In the office, Tony walked up to a red sphere and introduced it to Ryan and Banner. "This is my J.A.R.V.I.S. He handles company business for me."
J.A.R.V.I.S. was clearly an Artificial Intelligence too.
But the Artificial Intelligence Tony wanted to build was different from J.A.R.V.I.S. He said he wanted to name it "Ultron."
And the reason he wanted to create Ultron was Ryan.
Ryan looked utterly baffled, as if to ask, "How could this be because of me?" Tony explained, "After the Chitauri invasion ended, you disappeared. I thought we could count on you to keep protecting the Blue Planet, but your disappearance made me realize we need something else to protect it. That something is Ultron."
"Ultron?"
"Right. As an Artificial Intelligence, Ultron can upload its consciousness to the internet and learn and evolve without limit. It'll keep growing stronger."
It sounded impressive, but Tony hadn't considered how to restrain or control it. Then again, Ultron didn't exist yet. It was still just an idea, so how could they talk about controlling it?
They had three days to study the Scepter. During those three days, they began programming Ultron and researching the Scepter.
Working together, the three of them built a prototype of Ultron in two days.
All that remained was to have J.A.R.V.I.S. keep testing and correcting errors until Ultron was complete.
Ryan, who knew how the original story went, secretly added a great many restrictions to Ultron while they worked.
In any case, the main work on Ultron was done, and