Around the time "simulacrum" obtained its negative connotations, a shift in role occurred for artificial beings. It is unknown when "simulacrum" was first applied to an artificial being, but one would assume it to have done so not too long after the term's introduction. This had changed by the nineteenth century, when the word "simulacrum" was associated with fakeness and inferiority in the same vein as the word " phantom". Though the philosophical considerations of what role a copy plays in reality predate the sixteenth century, when the word "simulacrum" came into use in Europe, it was a neutral word. For example, (non-manipulated) photos are simulacrums by definition because they always depict something else, but the likes of paintings and statues can be an original design, and thus they aren't necessarily simulacrums.
"Simulacrum" has been used in several European languages since the late sixteenth century to refer to anything that is a depiction or mimicry of another thing.
It may be recognizable as the inspiration of the English words "similar" and "simulate". The word "simulacrum" is Latin in origin and means "image" or "likeness".
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