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== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Iain M Banks]]' ''[[Against a Dark Background]]'', androids claim an area of land after radioactivity makes it unlivable to humans.
* The TechnoCore in ''[[Hyperion]]'' are a collective of human-made
* In the ''[[Apprentice Adept]]'' series, the robots' political goal is not secession or violent rebellion, but more of a civil rights movement. Of course, even the average humans on planet Proton are mere "serfs" who are openly referred to as such; but the robots, like the human serfs, don't aspire to a higher status. (Although, one of the human rights that the serfs have and the robots seek is the chance to become a fabulously wealthy first-class Citizen.)
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Freefall]]'' may evolve in this direction, the robots are still working on ethics.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has the [[Deus Est Machina|Fleetmind]], or "Plenipotent Dominion". There also were robots that cleansed their place of "meat infestation", though not for long, since even other AIs immediately classified them as dangerously stupid. Also, there were at least two cases of independent robots taking over (mostly peacefully) human space stations suffering from lack of sane and legitimate authority.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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