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Friday, October 10, 2008

Colossus: the Forbin Project

Colossus was a fictional computer featured in the 1969 apocalyptic science fiction movie, Colossus: The Forbin Project based on the 1967 novel of the same name by D. F. Jones.

In the movie, Colossus is the Allied military supercomputer. It links up with Guardian, the Soviet supercomputer, and the combined entity takes over the world from humanity.

Compare with:

  • I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

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By coincidence, Colossus was also the name of the world's first programmable electronic computer - See Colossus computer.


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