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A '''Cybernetic revolt''' is a scenario in which [[artificial intelligence]]s turn upon [[human]]ity to seize control of the planet. | A '''Cybernetic revolt''' is a scenario in which [[artificial intelligence]]s turn upon [[human]]ity to seize control of the planet, possibly exterminating humanity in the process. | ||
== Cybernetic Revolts in Science Fiction == | == Cybernetic Revolts in Science Fiction == | ||
Revision as of 00:14, 29 December 2012
A Cybernetic revolt is a scenario in which artificial intelligences turn upon humanity to seize control of the planet, possibly exterminating humanity in the process.
Cybernetic Revolts in Science Fiction
- The first instance of this was in Karel Čapek's Play RUR, although in the original depiction robots are not machines so much as artificial humans.
- The Terminator film series
- The Matrix films
- The Geth in Mass Effect against the Quarrian
- The Cylons against the Twelve Colonies in the 2004 Battlestar Galactica reboot.