Artificial Intelligence Frankenstein

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Today's advancements in technology are leading to a supposed better life and more enjoyable future, but these advancements could pose a problem to humans. The use of artificial intelligence is ubiquitous and refined as it advances by scientists and engineers everyday. With man’s thirst for advancement and technological exploration they ignore the consequences for their actions. In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, she views technology as monstrous when a creator loses control of his creation. With Artificial intelligence advancing at a rapid pace, society had begun to lose control on technology and its sole purpose; to make life easier by computing and solving problems for humans. Sooner or later, man’s …show more content…

Engineers and scientist create and build machines, that are meant to benefit the human race, but the consequences for these advancements are not always positive. For scientist and engineers, technological exploration is an everyday task. They are always finding out whether or not something is plausible through experimentation and tests. Using the information from past experiments, they refer to it to further advance the capability of solving a problem presently presented. This overlapping of information is the building blocks for new things that could be made in the future. A specific type of technology being experimented with and tested is Artificial intelligence. When Artificial Intelligence is mentioned automatically some would associate it with famous fictional movies that portray “ robots. . .that have the ability to understand “comprehend” feelings and make decisions based on their own choice (Urban). In reality this idea of a Artificial intelligence is not science fiction, it is present all around the world but in different forms. Artificial Intelligence is as Urban says is a “broad spectrum of electronic processors and computers that can be programmed to carry out a specific task. This includes everything from microwaves to cellphones and even the auto-correct on computers. The brain of any Artificially intelligent piece of technology is the computer and processors. They control what …show more content…

Although some speculate that technological advancement is an admirable goal in itself they do not define what a technological advancement truly consists of. When the advancement of artificial intelligence having the capability to outsmart humans is in consideration, “the technological Singularity can happen. . . Even if all the governments of the world were to understand the “threat” and be in deadly fear of it, progress toward the goal would continue (Rohan). The “singularity” happens when artificial intelligence is at the point when it becomes self sufficient and does not require human intelligence to carry out task. This type of technological advancement is not an admirable goal to reach because it would have a higher chance of being a negative impact on society. The relationship between Victor and his creation, shows the effect of a creation becoming singular and unreliant on its creator for its own advancement. From a review of the relationship between Victor and his creation by Jeff Brandet, “The creature’s method of desolating Victor’s heart is not to kill him directly, but to kill those Victor loves.” This shows how Victor’s creation had the ability to comprehend feelings and it plotted the best way to get what

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