"Graham stopped at the first sentence, and, looking up, beheld a foolish trumpet face from which this was brayed. This was the General Intelligence Machine. For a space it seemed to be gathering breath, and a regular throbbing from its cylindrical body was audible. Then it trumpeted 'Galloop, Galloop,' and broke out again. 'Paris is now pacified. All resistance is over. Galloop!'"

—H. G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes (first published 1899; later reprinted as The Sleeper Awakes; p. 200, 1921)