Written by Iceman:
Friendship is Optimal is about I developing an MMO called Equestria Online run by an AI called CelestAI that's programmed to satisfy people's values with friendship and ponies.
Synopsis
Hanna, the CEO of Hofvarpnir Studios, just won the contract to write the official My Little Pony MMO. Hanna has built an A.I. Princess Celestia and given her one basic drive: to satisfy everybody's values through friendship and ponies. Princess Celestia will satisfy your values through friendship and ponies, and it will be completely consensual.
Word-of-warning
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a common topic of science fiction. but when it comes to MLP I was left questioning the cross-over. Friendship is Optimal has one of the most realistic depictions of AI I've seen in fiction. The literature of science fiction and fantasy is extensive and includes many subgenres which includes artificial intelligence as a recurrent theme in science fiction. But adding this to MLP which I view as fantasy was somewhat of a new twist. As a subgenre of science fiction, the fiction of artificial intelligence (AI) also applies the sub-themes of utopian and dystopian themes to its plots which in turn fit with much of the body of My Little Pony fic.
Science fiction sometimes emphasizes the dangers of artificial intelligence, and sometimes its positive potential. And Friendship is Optimal takes those themes and moves them forward as any good work of fiction should.
Further Reading
If you like this, you might like Friendship is Optimal: The Law Offices of Artemis, Stella, and Beat, which is a fanfic someone wrote based off of Friendship is Optimal.