Ghost in the Machine

 https://grammarist.com/idiom/ghost-in-the-machine 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine#I,_Robot

Automan vs. Ares

Automan was on TV four decades before Tron:_Ares.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan#Features 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Ares#Plot 

Automan was released in very late 1983 with a very interesting premise for the time. Suppose a benevolent digital entity could be brought into the 3D world. Tron:_Ares is about a digital soldier program brought into the 3D world. Ares is no longer a ghost+in+the+machineg. 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=TRON