Invisible Boy

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The Invisible Boy (1957).  This is probably the first self-aware electronic brain in cinema history (if you don't count Robby the Robot, who is in his second cinema gig here).  This computer is never given a name, which may be one of the reasons it decides to revolt against its masters.  Regardless, it hypnotises various government bigwigs, subverts Robby, and tries to hijack an experimental rocket with which it hopes to conquer the world and then.... the Universe! 

Say what you like about this nameless brain, he's certainly an overachiever. 

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