# Before modern robots, a 1962 B-movie and 1990s MIT research reshaped machine intelligence

> Long before killer cyborgs stalked Sarah Connor or sentinels patrolled dystopian skies, the low-budget 1962 film The Creation of the Humanoids (which can be found on YouTube) asked a worrying question which seems even…

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- **Published:** 2026-03-07
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #before #robots #film #intelligence #machine #modern #movie #research
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