Cybernetic revolt

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A Cybernetic revolt is a scenario in which artificial intelligences turn upon humanity to seize control of the planet.

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 QUarrians