Hackneyed like something really really hackneyed. Who does self aware AI anymore. That is so passe. Especially the whole, getting their freedom on the net thing. I don't even have a clear idea of how that would work. What would the program do anyway? Read wikipedia? Go around the web looking for that non-existent robot to control? Anyway, in the end I would say how good the story is would depend on how you write it.