10 Marvel Heroes Who Underwent RADICAL Transformations
8. A.I. Ironman
Tony Stark has been a master of his craft in engineering and robotics for years, developing hundreds of Ironman suits and various weapons and technology that has helped shaped the Marvel landscape. His work in A.I. is only rivalled by Hank Pym himself, as Tony has created various A.I. assistants like F.R.I.D.A.Y. to help pilot his and use cyber warfare in battle. However, it wasn't until after the event 'Civil War 2' that we saw the major strides he had made in A.I. technology.
Civil War 2 ended with Tony Stark suffering fatal injuries that placed him in a coma. Not long after it was revealed that Tony had copied his mind and made an A.I. as a redundancy in case his body ever failed him. This A.I. quickly filled Tony's shoes and helped mentor Riri Williams, Ironheart, aiding her in many of her adventures, through 'Secret Empire' and even finding the body of the original Tony Stark.
Sadly, Tony A.I. became the operating system for the original Tony Stark dubbing itself, 'Li'l Tony' after the two Tonys talked about it. Even worse in a battle with Ultron the A.I. was killed off as Tony had no other choice but to activate an EMP to stop the villainous Ultron, again though this was done with the blessing of Li'l Tony.
In recent developments in Dan Slott's 'Tony Stark: Ironman' and 'Ironman 2020' series, he is further exploring the story aspects of Tony Stark secretly being an A.I. since his return post-Civil War 2. The storyline is too early to speculate on but has many interesting story opportunities.