Golem
An artificial being made of clay from medieval Jewish folklore, who was created to perform the manual tasks of humans.
Articles on KurzweilAI.net that refer to Golem
The Rights of Robots: Technology, Culture and Law in the 21st Century By Sohail Inayatullah andChapter 3: Organism and Machine By Michael Denton
Related Links
Legend of the GolemThe Golem Project