Jane is a deliberate play on this. The reason Jane is a secret in Speaker for the Dead is because she knows that artificial intelligences in our literature are

Jane is a deliberate play on this. The reason Jane is a secret in Speaker for the Dead is because she knows that artificial intelligences in our literature are always evil and she believes humans would declare war on her if she were known to exist. She only trusts Ender because of the Hive Queen and The Hegemon.