diff --git a/code/_globalvars/lists/flavor_misc.dm b/code/_globalvars/lists/flavor_misc.dm
index 8b0ac278cdc..b26ed0abd51 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/lists/flavor_misc.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/lists/flavor_misc.dm
@@ -40,6 +40,53 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(caps_list)
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ghost_forms_with_directions_list, list("ghost")) //stores the ghost forms that support directional sprites
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ghost_forms_with_accessories_list, list("ghost")) //stores the ghost forms that support hair and other such things
 
+GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ai_core_display_screens, list(
+	":thinking:",
+	"Alien",
+	"Angel",
+	"Banned",
+	"Bliss",
+	"Blue",
+	"Clown",
+	"Database",
+	"Dorf",
+	"Firewall",
+	"Fuzzy",
+	"Gentoo",
+	"Glitchman",
+	"Goon",
+	"Green",
+	"Hades",
+	"Heartline",
+	"Helios",
+	"House",
+	"Inverted",
+	"Matrix",
+	"Monochrome",
+	"Murica",
+	"Nanotrasen",
+	"Not Malf",
+	"President",
+	"Random",
+	"Rainbow",
+	"Red",
+	"Red October",
+	"Static",
+	"Syndicat Meow",
+	"Text",
+	"Too Deep",
+	"Triumvirate",
+	"Triumvirate-M",
+	"Weird"))
+
+/proc/resolve_ai_icon(input)
+	if(!input || !(input in GLOB.ai_core_display_screens))
+		return "ai"
+	else
+		if(input == "Random")
+			input = pick(GLOB.ai_core_display_screens - "Random")
+		return "ai-[lowertext(input)]"
+
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(security_depts_prefs, list(SEC_DEPT_RANDOM, SEC_DEPT_NONE, SEC_DEPT_ENGINEERING, SEC_DEPT_MEDICAL, SEC_DEPT_SCIENCE, SEC_DEPT_SUPPLY))
 
 	//Backpacks
@@ -117,7 +164,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(TAGGERLOCATIONS, list("Disposals",
 	"CMO Office", "Chemistry", "Research", "RD Office",
 	"Robotics", "HoP Office", "Library", "Chapel", "Theatre",
 	"Bar", "Kitchen", "Hydroponics", "Janitor Closet","Genetics",
-	"Circuitry", "Toxins", "Dormitories", "Virology", 
+	"Circuitry", "Toxins", "Dormitories", "Virology",
 	"Xenobiology", "Law Office","Detective's Office"))
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(station_prefixes, world.file2list("strings/station_prefixes.txt") + "")
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
index c67fb0073f1..108f1033265 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(preferences_datums)
 	var/list/features = list("mcolor" = "FFF", "tail_lizard" = "Smooth", "tail_human" = "None", "snout" = "Round", "horns" = "None", "ears" = "None", "wings" = "None", "frills" = "None", "spines" = "None", "body_markings" = "None", "legs" = "Normal Legs", "moth_wings" = "Plain")
 
 	var/list/custom_names = list()
+	var/preferred_ai_core_display = "Blue"
 	var/prefered_security_department = SEC_DEPT_RANDOM
 
 		//Mob preview
@@ -216,9 +217,11 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(preferences_datums)
 					old_group = namedata["group"]
 					dat += "<br>"
 				dat += "<a href ='?_src_=prefs;preference=[custom_name_id];task=input'><b>[namedata["pref_name"]]:</b> [custom_names[custom_name_id]]</a> "
-			dat += "<br>"
-			dat += "<b>Custom job preferences:</b><BR>"
-			dat += "<a href='?_src_=prefs;preference=sec_dept;task=input'><b>Prefered security department:</b> [prefered_security_department]</a><BR></td>"
+			dat += "<br><br>"
+
+			dat += "<b>Custom Job Preferences:</b><BR>"
+			dat += "<a href='?_src_=prefs;preference=ai_core_icon;task=input'><b>Preferred AI Core Display:</b> [preferred_ai_core_display]</a><br>"
+			dat += "<a href='?_src_=prefs;preference=sec_dept;task=input'><b>Preferred Security Department:</b> [prefered_security_department]</a><BR></td>"
 
 			dat += "<td valign='center'>"
 
@@ -1307,8 +1310,13 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(preferences_datums)
 					if(new_loc)
 						uplink_spawn_loc = new_loc
 
+				if("ai_core_icon")
+					var/ai_core_icon = input(user, "Choose your preferred AI core display screen:", "AI Core Display Screen Selection") as null|anything in GLOB.ai_core_display_screens
+					if(ai_core_icon)
+						preferred_ai_core_display = ai_core_icon
+
 				if("sec_dept")
-					var/department = input(user, "Choose your prefered security department:", "Security Departments") as null|anything in GLOB.security_depts_prefs
+					var/department = input(user, "Choose your preferred security department:", "Security Departments") as null|anything in GLOB.security_depts_prefs
 					if(department)
 						prefered_security_department = department
 
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
index 7d853e5453b..74a8f288bad 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ SAVEFILE UPDATING/VERSIONING - 'Simplified', or rather, more coder-friendly ~Car
 		var/savefile_slot_name = custom_name_id + "_name" //TODO remove this
 		S[savefile_slot_name] >> custom_names[custom_name_id]
 
+	S["preferred_ai_core_display"] >> preferred_ai_core_display
 	S["prefered_security_department"] >> prefered_security_department
 
 	//Jobs
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ SAVEFILE UPDATING/VERSIONING - 'Simplified', or rather, more coder-friendly ~Car
 		var/savefile_slot_name = custom_name_id + "_name" //TODO remove this
 		WRITE_FILE(S[savefile_slot_name],custom_names[custom_name_id])
 
+	WRITE_FILE(S["preferred_ai_core_display"] ,  preferred_ai_core_display)
 	WRITE_FILE(S["prefered_security_department"] , prefered_security_department)
 
 	//Jobs
diff --git a/code/modules/jobs/job_types/silicon.dm b/code/modules/jobs/job_types/silicon.dm
index 8724cef1176..50b81d93d67 100644
--- a/code/modules/jobs/job_types/silicon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/jobs/job_types/silicon.dm
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ AI
 			qdel(lateJoinCore)
 	var/mob/living/silicon/ai/AI = H
 	AI.apply_pref_name("ai", M.client)			//If this runtimes oh well jobcode is fucked.
+	AI.set_core_display_icon(null, M.client)
 
 	//we may have been created after our borg
 	if(SSticker.current_state == GAME_STATE_SETTING_UP)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/preferences_setup.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/preferences_setup.dm
index 22d9fa3d9c0..6588c08ebbc 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/preferences_setup.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/preferences_setup.dm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	if(job_engsec_high)
 		switch(job_engsec_high)
 			if(AI_JF)
-				preview_icon = icon('icons/mob/ai.dmi', "AI", SOUTH)
+				preview_icon = icon('icons/mob/ai.dmi', resolve_ai_icon(preferred_ai_core_display), SOUTH)
 				preview_icon.Scale(64, 64)
 				return
 			if(CYBORG)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
index e284fde0ab2..74cc5f7aa85 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 	var/list/multicam_screens = list()
 	var/list/all_eyes = list()
 	var/max_multicams = 6
+	var/display_icon_override
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/Initialize(mapload, datum/ai_laws/L, mob/target_ai)
 	. = ..()
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@
 	create_eye()
 	apply_pref_name("ai")
 
+	set_core_display_icon()
+
 	holo_icon = getHologramIcon(icon('icons/mob/ai.dmi',"default"))
 
 	spark_system = new /datum/effect_system/spark_spread()
@@ -171,79 +174,26 @@
 	fire_stacks = 0
 	. = ..()
 
+/mob/living/silicon/ai/proc/set_core_display_icon(input, client/C)
+	if(client && !C)
+		C = client
+	if(!input && !C?.prefs?.preferred_ai_core_display)
+		icon_state = initial(icon_state)
+	else
+		var/preferred_icon = input ? input : C.prefs.preferred_ai_core_display
+		icon_state = resolve_ai_icon(preferred_icon)
+
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/verb/pick_icon()
 	set category = "AI Commands"
 	set name = "Set AI Core Display"
 	if(incapacitated())
 		return
-
-	var/icontype = input("Please, select a display!", "AI", null/*, null*/) in list("Clown", ":thinking:", "Monochrome", "Blue", "Inverted", "Firewall", "Green", "Red", "Static", "Red October", "House", "Heartline", "Hades", "Helios", "President", "Syndicat Meow", "Alien", "Too Deep", "Triumvirate", "Triumvirate-M", "Text", "Matrix", "Dorf", "Bliss", "Not Malf", "Fuzzy", "Goon", "Database", "Glitchman", "Murica", "Nanotrasen", "Gentoo", "Angel")
-	if(icontype == "Clown")
-		icon_state = "ai-clown2"
-	else if (icontype == ":thinking:")
-		icon_state = "ai-:thinking:"
-	else if(icontype == "Monochrome")
-		icon_state = "ai-mono"
-	else if(icontype == "Blue")
-		icon_state = "ai"
-	else if(icontype == "Inverted")
-		icon_state = "ai-u"
-	else if(icontype == "Firewall")
-		icon_state = "ai-magma"
-	else if(icontype == "Green")
-		icon_state = "ai-wierd"
-	else if(icontype == "Red")
-		icon_state = "ai-malf"
-	else if(icontype == "Static")
-		icon_state = "ai-static"
-	else if(icontype == "Red October")
-		icon_state = "ai-redoctober"
-	else if(icontype == "House")
-		icon_state = "ai-house"
-	else if(icontype == "Heartline")
-		icon_state = "ai-heartline"
-	else if(icontype == "Hades")
-		icon_state = "ai-hades"
-	else if(icontype == "Helios")
-		icon_state = "ai-helios"
-	else if(icontype == "President")
-		icon_state = "ai-pres"
-	else if(icontype == "Syndicat Meow")
-		icon_state = "ai-syndicatmeow"
-	else if(icontype == "Alien")
-		icon_state = "ai-alien"
-	else if(icontype == "Too Deep")
-		icon_state = "ai-toodeep"
-	else if(icontype == "Triumvirate")
-		icon_state = "ai-triumvirate"
-	else if(icontype == "Triumvirate-M")
-		icon_state = "ai-triumvirate-malf"
-	else if(icontype == "Text")
-		icon_state = "ai-text"
-	else if(icontype == "Matrix")
-		icon_state = "ai-matrix"
-	else if(icontype == "Dorf")
-		icon_state = "ai-dorf"
-	else if(icontype == "Bliss")
-		icon_state = "ai-bliss"
-	else if(icontype == "Not Malf")
-		icon_state = "ai-notmalf"
-	else if(icontype == "Fuzzy")
-		icon_state = "ai-fuzz"
-	else if(icontype == "Goon")
-		icon_state = "ai-goon"
-	else if(icontype == "Database")
-		icon_state = "ai-database"
-	else if(icontype == "Glitchman")
-		icon_state = "ai-glitchman"
-	else if(icontype == "Murica")
-		icon_state = "ai-murica"
-	else if(icontype == "Nanotrasen")
-		icon_state = "ai-nanotrasen"
-	else if(icontype == "Gentoo")
-		icon_state = "ai-gentoo"
-	else if(icontype == "Angel")
-		icon_state = "ai-angel"
+	var/ai_core_icon = input(src, "Please select a display!", "AI Core Display Screen Selection", null) as null|anything in GLOB.ai_core_display_screens
+	if(!ai_core_icon || incapacitated())
+		return
+	to_chat(src, "<span class='notice'>Core display screen set to \"[ai_core_icon]\".</span>")
+	display_icon_override = ai_core_icon
+	set_core_display_icon(ai_core_icon)
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/Stat()
 	..()
@@ -920,10 +870,10 @@
 			clear_fullscreen("remote_view", 0)
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/revive(full_heal = 0, admin_revive = 0)
-	if(..()) //successfully ressuscitated from death
-		icon_state = "ai"
+	. = ..()
+	if(.) //successfully ressuscitated from death
+		set_core_display_icon(display_icon_override)
 		set_eyeobj_visible(TRUE)
-		. = 1
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/proc/malfhacked(obj/machinery/power/apc/apc)
 	malfhack = null
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/death.dm
index ce418b9f75a..ef963075fc0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/death.dm
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 
 	. = ..()
 
-	if("[icon_state]_dead" in icon_states(src.icon,1))
+	var/old_icon = icon_state
+	if("[icon_state]_dead" in icon_states(icon))
 		icon_state = "[icon_state]_dead"
 	else
 		icon_state = "ai_dead"
+	if("[old_icon]_death_transition" in icon_states(icon))
+		flick("[old_icon]_death_transition", src)
 
 	cameraFollow = null
 
diff --git a/icons/mob/ai.dmi b/icons/mob/ai.dmi
index 0750c4e5060..d94a1b2dc6b 100644
Binary files a/icons/mob/ai.dmi and b/icons/mob/ai.dmi differ