The Associated Press has compiled an estimated timeline of the war between men and machines.

2010-60 — Humans create humanoid drone robots with Artificial Intelligence to fill jobs as construction laborers and servants.

2075 — AI programs evolve and some robots began to resent their human overlords.

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“This timeline is incredibly flawed. It fails to mention the fact that ‘The One’ has been inserted into the matrix countless times and Zion falls and is rebuilt on a regular basis. This is the cure for the ‘systemic anomaly’ that the Oracle discovered. In light of this fact, Morpheus would have been born hundreds or even thousands of years after this timeline peaks out. The AP writer didn’t do his homework in compiling this timeline.” — David Moton, Professor of English, Bakersfield College