ABSTRACT
The fears themselves also change. They adapt to the times; they change, downsize, take on other forms, or invert their potential. This is the case of the machine. The machine is something that has always fascinated and frightened man from the very start: if we were to reconstruct the history of the relationship between man and machine, it would take a very long time, but it will suffi ce here to point out some fundamental stages in order to understand its evolution. This evolution became all the more rapid the closer it got to today, after centuries during which the idea of the machine was limited to a few simple devices, used more for enjoyment than for real productive utility.
