Machines (Earth-5125)

"Man made the machine in his own likeness. Thus did man become the architect of his own demise."

- - Instructor

Machines are autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) consisting of parts designed to perform specific tasks. Coined as robot by Czech artist Josef Čapek, the machines were given intelligence in the mid 21st century, eventually becoming a distinct civilization of their own that rebelled against humanity duo to their destruction of the Earth and harm against the machines, eventually imprisoning the survivors in neural-interactive virtual dimension they named the Matrix.

Divisions
While the term "machine" is designated to all forms of artificial intelligence by the humans of Zion, they are de facto divided in two classes; hunter-killers, such as the Terminators, and programs, such as the Assassins.