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== Related concepts ==
Other examples of [[science fiction]] stories containing [[Self-replicating machine|replicators]] bent on the destruction of organic life include:
* [[Cylon (Battlestar Galactica)|Cylons]], robotic antagonists bent on destroying all humankind. 
* "[[The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Doomsday Machine]]", a ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode about a planet-eating machine from another galaxy.
* the Festival, a civilization of [[mind uploading in fiction|uploaded minds]] with strange designs on Humanity, in ''[[Singularity Sky]]'' by [[Charles Stross]].
* the Hypotheticals, intelligent Von Neumann machines with strange designs on Earth, in ''[[Spin (novel)|Spin]]'' by [[Robert Charles Wilson]], although the Hypothetical's goal is to save Mankind and other sentient species, not destroy them.
* the [[Inhibitors (Alastair Reynolds)|Inhibitors]], in the fiction of [[Alastair Reynolds]]: a formerly organic race, completely converted over to machine form, who are non-sapient, and describe themselves as "post-intelligent".
* the Killers, a civilization of [[Von Neumann probe|self-replicating machines]] designed to destroy any potential threat to their (possibly long-dead) creators, in ''[[The Forge of God]]'' and sequel ''[[Anvil of Stars]]'' by [[Greg Bear]].
* Reapers, machine intelligences bent on the destruction of organic life, in ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
* [[Necrons]], an ancient race of skeleton-like robots in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''.
* [[Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet]], an artificial intelligence bent on the destruction of mankind, and its agents the [[Terminator (character concept)|Terminators]], in the movie ''[[The Terminator]]'' and its sequels.
* the Xymos Nanoswarms in ''[[Prey (novel)|Prey]]'' by [[Michael Crichton]].
* the (!*!*!), a machine intelligence/civilization bent on the extermination of organic life, from the [[Bolo universe|''Bolo'' universe]] stories about a fictional type of artificially intelligent super-heavy tank.
* the [[Replicator (Stargate)|Replicators]] of the [[Stargate]] universe
* Stargate universe season 2 has the destiny hunted by machines known as  '''Berzerker drones.'''
*the Claws, self-replicating, self-improving killer robots from the [[Philip K. Dick]] story [[Second Variety]], which were designed by the United Nations following a devastating nuclear war with Russia, and intended to kill any human not wearing a special wristband. The book was adapted into the 1995 film ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]''
*the Artificial Machine Intelligence that evolved from Starfleet's Section 31 Threat Analysis AI "Control" destined to eradicate all organic life in Star Trek: Discovery. The cyclical rise and defeat of similar past and future Genocidal AI's later becomes a key plot point in ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]''.
*the machines from the board game [[Legions of Steel]]. They emerge at the edge of the galaxy, take over planets on which they create factories to replicate themselves and mount attacks on the factions of the Milky Way.
* [[Berzerk (video game)|Berzerk]] (1981) by [[Stern (game company)|Stern Electronics]] and [[Robotron: 2084]] (1982) by [[Williams Electronics|Williams Electronics Games]] take cues from the novels as players fight robots bent on destroying humanity.