The origins of avatars
Historically, human beings sought to outdo its biological limits in projecting a creatures Superhuman artificial. Among these beings, there is the man-machine. According to the times, "robots" were the mechanics, automation, robotics. In the information age, "avatars", the latest generation of robots, are digitized beings who inhabit computers and especially "between worlds" of the Internet. Today, this word refers to the transformed human artifact, the real body being replaced by Digital images and artificial intelligence. In Internet, each of us can be project in these artificial creatures and adopt multiple identities to exceed its limits. For now, humanoid creatures depend on masters in the flesh. Only science fiction, our imagination, makes possible the blending of man and machine, plans and the risk of obtaining machines autonomous and independent, even uncontrollable.