Self-replicating machines in fiction
The Berserker series is a series of space opera science fiction short stories and novels by Fred Saberhagen, in which robotic self-replicating machines strive to destroy all life. These Berserkers, named after the human berserker warriors of Norse legend, are doomsday weapons left over from an interstellar war between two races of extraterrestrials. They all have machine intelligence, and their sizes range from that of an asteroid, in the case of an automated repair and construction base, down to human size (and shape) or smaller. The Berserkers' bases are capable of manufacturing more and deadlier Berserkers as the need arises. The Berserker hypothesis, formed as a possible solution to the Fermi paradox, takes its name from the series. The Berserker stories (published as novels and short stories) depict the fight between Berserkers and the sentient species of the Milky Way Galaxy: Homo sapiens (referred to as "Earth-descended" or "ED" humans, or as "Solarians") which is the only sentient species aggressive enough to counter Berserkers. (Wikipedia).
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7. Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXI-XXVI (cont.)
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True Monsters: The Berserkergang | History
Experts talk about the history of the Norse warrior Berserkergang and describe how people go berserk in this scene from "Gods and Monsters." #TrueMonsters Subscribe for more from True Monsters and other great HISTORY shows: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Find out more about the show
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Shoot Hitler! Operation Foxley Assassination 1944
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EEVblog #275 - PIR Sensor Teardown & Tutorial
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Bonnie & Clyde: Meet PJ Lane | History
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