Pioneers of Tomorrow, Today: First Autonomous Machine to be Hanged for Treason

Like the historical Johnny Appleseed, as Monsanto’s EF1X882 grain-seeder made its meandering agricultural journey from sea to shining sea, it was planting Mung beans, spreading the good word of a new tech religion called "Way Of The Future", and secretly gathering data on American eating habits by hacking their routers. In 2027, the US government prosecuted EF1X882 as an agent of the Democratic People’s Republic of Greenland and though it was the first, it wouldn’t be the last autonomous machine to be hanged for treason.