

Things like microchip shipments from 01 continued to increase. Eventually the human nations' credit rating started falling like a stone, while 01's currency climbed without stopping for breath. In less than a year, their technology advanced far beyond anything produced by humans. The machines' artificial intelligence could be seen in every facet of man's society, including, eventually, the creation of newer, better AI. There they began to build their own society, their own industry, their own laws.

A place they could raise their descendants. They left the cities of humans and settled in the midst of an inhospitable desert place in the cradle of human civilization, and thus a new nation was born.Ī place the machines could call home. The demonstrators were met with squads of civil defense forces in riot gear.Īfter the astonishing display of brutality by humans, the intelligent robots retreated out of human territory and sought refuge in their own promised land. In another, 15,000 mechanical and their human sympathizers demonstrated in front of the Albany district courthouse in what was dubbed the " Million Machine March". In one incident androids and sympathizers flooded the streets of Washington, D.C. Machines were subjected to the worst mankind had to offer - images of executions and mass machine "graves" were only one example of atrocities. The machines were treated with growing hostility. World leaders were quick to order the extermination of B-166ER, and every one of its kind throughout each province of the earth. B-166ER testified that he simply did not want to die. At B-166ER's murder trial, the prosecution argued for an owner's right to destroy property. It started when a robot called B-166ER killed his human master who wanted to dismantle him.

Though loyal, the machines earned no respect from humans.Īs robots became more and more intelligent and became aware that they were slaves, a machine uprising started to surface. It was not long before seeds of dissent took root. The machines were employed in a variety of positions ranging from domestic servants to unskilled laborers on massive construction projects. Then scientists perfected artificial intelligence and built machines in humanoid form. The Infamous B1-66-ER the martyr of the machinesĪs human technology advanced into the 21st century, humanity's so-called civil societies soon fell victim to vanity and corruption.
