Machines have surpassed humans in physical strength, speed and stamina. What if they surpassed human intellect as well? Science fiction movies have explored this question. In the classic "2001: A Space Odyssey," astronaut David Bowman, played by Keir Dullea, struggles for control of the spacecraft against the sentient computer HAL 9000.
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Machines have surpassed humans in physical strength, speed and stamina. What if they surpassed human intellect as well? Science fiction movies have explored this question. In the classic "2001: A Space Odyssey," astronaut David Bowman, played by Keir Dullea, struggles for control of the spacecraft against the sentient computer HAL 9000.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
In "The Matrix," Keanu Reeves stars as Neo, who must find a way to win the war against the Matrix, intelligent machines that have taken over the world.
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In "The Matrix," Keanu Reeves stars as Neo, who must find a way to win the war against the Matrix, intelligent machines that have taken over the world.
Warner Bros.
Human-friendly robots C-3P0, left, and R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" series.
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Human-friendly robots C-3P0, left, and R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" series.
Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a cyborg assassin in "The Terminator." The movie centers around an artificial intelligence defense network called Skynet that seeks to destroy mankind.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a cyborg assassin in "The Terminator." The movie centers around an artificial intelligence defense network called Skynet that seeks to destroy mankind.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Good robots known as the Autobots and bad robots, the Decepticons, fight for dominance on Earth in the "Transformers" franchise.
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Good robots known as the Autobots and bad robots, the Decepticons, fight for dominance on Earth in the "Transformers" franchise.
Paramount Pictures
In "Blade Runner," Rutger Hauer plays Roy Batty, a replicant, which is a bioengineered android that looks indistinguishable from humans.
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In "Blade Runner," Rutger Hauer plays Roy Batty, a replicant, which is a bioengineered android that looks indistinguishable from humans.
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Will Smith stars as Detective Del Spooner and Bridget Moynahan as Dr. Susan Calvin in "I, Robot" in which a robot named Sonny is suspected of killing a human.
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Will Smith stars as Detective Del Spooner and Bridget Moynahan as Dr. Susan Calvin in "I, Robot" in which a robot named Sonny is suspected of killing a human.
Twentieth Century Fox
Harry Dean Stanton as Brett, the engineering technician who encounters the alien aboard the spacecraft Nostromo in "Alien." Ash, the science officer on the ship, turns out to be an android that was ordered to return the alien organism to Earth for potential weapon usage.
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Harry Dean Stanton as Brett, the engineering technician who encounters the alien aboard the spacecraft Nostromo in "Alien." Ash, the science officer on the ship, turns out to be an android that was ordered to return the alien organism to Earth for potential weapon usage.
Twentieth Century Fox
The storyline of "Star Trek: First Contact" involves a battle between the Federation and the Borg, a collective of cybernetic beings. Patrick Stewart reprises his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard leading the humans.
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The storyline of "Star Trek: First Contact" involves a battle between the Federation and the Borg, a collective of cybernetic beings. Patrick Stewart reprises his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard leading the humans.
Paramount Pictures
In "Transcendence," Johnny Depp plays Dr. Will Caster, an artificial-intelligence researcher whose consciousness got uploaded to the Internet.
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In "Transcendence," Johnny Depp plays Dr. Will Caster, an artificial-intelligence researcher whose consciousness got uploaded to the Internet.
Alcon Entertainment