Article #1:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/iron-giant/8886/
Article #2
http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/machines.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher