https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek#Etymology_of_robot ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R. 1920
"The Robots described in Čapek's play are not robots in the popularly understood sense of an automaton. They are not mechanical devices, but rather artificial biological organisms that may be mistaken for humans."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.#Robots ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film) , http://metropolis1927.com ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)#Development_and_writing ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000#2001:_A_Space_Odyssey 1968
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project 1970
The_Terminator was released on October 26, 1984
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Released 27 February 1984
Queen: Machines_Back_to_Humans ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Works_(Queen_album)
1977 News_of_the_World_(album)#Cover
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Released 12 April 1984
RUSH: TheBodyElectric , http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vy1g ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Under_Pressure_(Rush_album) ,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220337/fullcredits#cast , http://www.2112.net
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W.Whitman was so far ahead of his time.
{...the line "I sing the body electric" was not added until the 1867 edition. At the time, "electric" was not yet a commonly used term.}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman#Leaves_of_Grass ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sing_the_Body_Electric_(poem) ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LDpCH3_eM
1867
http://www.bartleby.com/142/19.html
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Ray_Bradbury and the Bradbury_Building:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sing_the_Body_Electric_(The_Twilight_Zone) 1962
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sing_the_Body_Electric_(short_story_collection) ,
So Ray_Bradbury wrote a story about humanoid robotics. Decades later a building that shares his surname was used in the 1982 Blade Runner movie.
http://bladerunner.wikia.com/wiki/Bradbury_Building ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Building#In_popular_culture
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1980 Machine_Messiah
Yes performing Machine Messiah live at the Amphitheater @ Station Square in Pittsburgh PA on July 21st 2009!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAb-7bERSRA&feature=related
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_takeover#In_fiction
Faint (Official Video) - Linkin Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYU-8IFcDPw
