Welcome to the Powet Top 5, where we explore the top (and bottom) 5 items we think are relevant to any of a variety of topics that span the imagination. Sit back, read, and respond.

Artificial intelligence or AI as it’s known for short describes the minds of robots, computer systems, pretty much software. This intelligence is the basis for some of our favourite sci fi characters. This is not a list of the best AIs. This is a more specific list of only the best AIs with AI in their name. How common is that? Very common, as it would turn out. Are all of these intentional? Hard to say for sure but I think most of them are.

Keep reading to see my top 5 favourite artificial intelligences with A and I in their names.

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We already had our knee jerk reaction to the announcement, now comes the real deal: The Powetcast reacts to the new 52. The roundtable includes Zac Shipley, Captain Genius, Sean Orange, with special guest William West.

We’ll discuss our thoughts on the revamped DC Universe, theorize why some characters start from scratch and others don’t, and begrudgingly admit we all kinda like Rob Liefeld. We’ll also talk about the books that were worth reading and the ones we’re not going to continue on with #2.

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Direct Link:Powetcast 107: Crisis Of Infinite Reboots
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I had some happy news in my inbox this morning in the form of a press release from Shout! Factory and Rainmaker Entertainment (formerly Mainframe Entertainment). It appears that the first fully CGI animated series, Reboot, will finally be released as a complete series set. Currently only seasons 3 and 4 are available on DVD and go for ridiculous sums of money on e-bay. It looks like we’ll see the complete series box set sometime in 2011, followed by some sort of ‘digital distribution’. That sounds to me like they may put individual episodes up for sale on iTunes/Amazon/Netflix, but thats pure speculation.

You may recall that we covered Reboot in our weekly Powet Alphabet feature here:
R is for Reboot

Press release after the jump
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