[throwawee]

I usually think it's a stretch when people compare new tech to old sci-fi stories, but "brilliant machine just runs in circles endlessly and nobody can stop it" is straight out of I, Robot.

[jvanderbot]

I have never worked on a single robot that didn't go through a circle spin phase. It's a meme at this point, at least for folks I've worked with.

[Terr_]

I remember "Speedy": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaround_(story)