Robot uprising
Also known as: AI rebellion, machine revolt
The convention of created machines or artificial beings rebelling against and turning on their human makers.
Robot uprising in fiction: 8 works
The manufactured robots rise up and exterminate their human makers, the play that named the robot.
The AI AM has annihilated humanity and tortures the last survivors, the story's central horror.
The theme-park androids malfunction and begin killing the guests.
The AI Skynet has waged war on humanity and sends a machine assassin back in time.
The machines have conquered humanity and farm people for energy inside the simulation.
The Cylons humanity created rise up and nearly exterminate their makers.
The theme-park hosts gain awareness and turn against their human creators.
An AI-powered companion doll turns lethally protective and homicidal.