Der Hert Der Welt
Der Hert der Welt, or Master of the World, is a German film from 1934 that has some pretty important ethical questions to ask about the use of robots in society. Nobody in 1934 seemed all that interested in whether or not robots had feelings that we should take into consideration but there was certainly concern over the eradication of jobs for humans because machines were potentially more efficient and cheaper. Der Hert der Wert solves this problem by eventually giving the robots all the shitty soul crushing jobs nobody actually wants and then giving all those now unemployed humans much more enjoyable robot maintenance jobs. Everybody wins!