Sci-Fi Film Fiesat: The Swingin' 60s - Volume 5: Mind Blowing Ris of the Machines by Chris Christopoulos - HTML preview
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Primary Film Texts
The Creation of the Humanoids. Directed by Wesley Barry. USA, 1962.
Cyborg 2087. Directed by Franklin Adreon. USA, 1966.
Colossus: The Forbin Project. Directed by Joseph Sargent. USA, 1970.
Books & Print Resources
Colossus. London: Gollancz, 1966.
The original novel that inspired Colossus: The Forbin Project, exploring autonomous AI control and Cold War anxieties.
I, Robot. New York: Gnome Press, 1950.
Foundational text on robot ethics and the famous “Three Laws of Robotics,”
directly relevant to humanoid control dilemmas.
The Rest of the Robots. New York: Doubleday, 1964.
Further exploration of human–machine relationships and unintended consequences of AI design.
Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1948.
A key theoretical framework underpinning the concept of self-regulating machines and feedback systems.
The Age of Intelligent Machines. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.
A later but highly accessible exploration of machine intelligence and its societal implications.
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Modern philosophical treatment of AI risk, echoing the existential concerns dramatized in Colossus.
Online & Scholarly Resources
Youvan, Douglas C. “The Creation of the Humanoids Revisited: A 1962 Vision of AI,
Transhumanism, and the Fate of Humanity.” (2025).