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jcriecke | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58606072 did the idea of the talking computer come from Star Trek or was it around before that?
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Church of Jeff | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @43fa8235 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film) -- Even though it is a silent film, the robot speaks and rallies the workers to destroy the machines.
In the FIRST real science fiction, machines were able to talk.