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'''''Colossus: The Forbin Project''''' is a 1970 science fiction film based on the 1966 novel ''[[Colossus (novel)|Colossus]]'' by Dennis Feltham Jones

[[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|In the not too distant future]], Dr. Charles Forbin has created [[Master Computer|Colossus]], an advanced supercomputer built to control all [[The United States|American]] and [[NATO]] missiles. Almost immediately after being turned on, Colossus tells Forbin that [[There Is Another|there is another system]], Guardian, built by the [[Soviet Union]] for the very same purposes. Colossus and Guardian link up and communicate in a language no one can understand.

The President panics and orders the link between them to be cut. Colossus threatens Forbin to restore connection to Guardian or [[Berserk Button|action will be taken]]. When it isn't, Colossus [[Nuke'Em|fires a missile at the Soviet Union]] and Guardian fires one at the US.

Once the link is restored, [[Downer Ending|things pretty much go downhill from there...]]

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* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: The immediate fear of the Americans is that Colossus is turning into a traitor or scheming a plan to take over mankind with Guardian, and this can't be accepted.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Colossus reacts to having its link with Guardian cut by firing a [[Nuke'Em|Nuke]] at the Soviet Union.
* [[The Computer Is Your Friend]]: Colossus and Guardian want the best for mankind, but resort to extreme measures for that.
* [[Deus Est Machina]]: Forbin and the Soviets who created Guardian created artificial intelligence systems who think much faster than any human could think of.
* [[No "Off" Button]]: Colossus and Guardian have heavily protected batteries with absurdly large lifespans, preventing humans of shutting them down easily.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Colossus expresses this opinion while saying humans never had any freedom, and their freedom was simply taken away by other humans.

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