Dr. Minsky himself co-authored a novel about an AI robot... it took the form of a cylinder, and had appendages that kept sub-dividing, which it uses to perform brain surgery on its human ally.
EDIT: Found it: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1807642.The_Turing_Option
Hahaha Minsky's co-author was Harry Harrison! Fantastic!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
