In both Blade Runner by Riley Scott and Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Shelly and Scott explore the topic of human made creation. Another word used to describe this phenomena is Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is basically something that humans have been striving to create which emulate human behavior, thoughts, and activity. AI, like other new forms of technology, is meant to make life easier for humans. For instance, once a computer gets to know its user, it will suggest certain things on search engines like Google. Technology, including AI, can also help store information, monitor trends, and even interact in such a way that it can make a positive impact on a hospital patient with a certain illness. With all of the possible positive impacts that AI can make on humans’ lives, there is also the fear that AI may do more harm than good to the human species. Ultimately, I will argue that the way AI is used, treated, and seen will ultimately determine its usefulness. In Blade Runner and Frakenstein, the creations end up becoming threats to humans because humans, including the makers of the creations, reject them. Depsite this, the creations still display morality that even surpasses that of many humans. First, the creators of AI as well as those that mistreat AI are at fault for whatever AI becomes. AI is comparable to a nuclear weapon, according to David D. Luxton, a research psychologist with a PhD, in his article Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Practice: Current
In the real world, the power of knowledge has a real affect on human nature as it gives them a sense of the world and its surroundings. Knowledge is facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education. They are known to create separation between people, the smartest usually coming atop. While the monster and Victor’s adventures are told, the power of knowledge in Shelley’s Frankenstein are a big influence into the advancements of their actions and plot of the story because it gives a new outlook for them.
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Many things today are already controlled by some sort of power source which can be hacked like pacemakers or a power grid, but as AI advances it could control things like your car or an airplane, which no matter what could potentially be hacked and would be used as weapons of mass destruction if they were to be. When AI advances it has no emotion, so if we make one to do something that can cause devastating damage to an area, it would have no second thoughts about doing it, and unless stopped by an outside force, it would continue with its mission, programmers could also start an AI on a beneficial task, but eventually find a way to make it destructive for its on personal goal. These AIs that humanity could create could become super intelligent and potentially dangerous thing for humanity because they could unalign themselves from our goals and make their own which could include destroying the human race because we would be inferior to it.
The word “knowledge” was recurring many times throughout Frankenstein novel and attracted or forced the reader to find out the true definition of it. Curiously, I decided to look up the definition of knowledge from the Webster 's Dictionary. It defines, “Knowledge: n. Understanding gained by actual experience; range of information; clear perception of truth; something learned and kept in the mind.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) I realized this word is very straightforward, but has many useful and different meanings to all of us. It is also powerful tool to determine and control the result of our judgment. “Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions”. (Knowledge Intellectual
The debate of nature versus nurture has been going on for as long as anyone can remember. The discussion of whether characteristics are given to us innately at birth or that we exclusively grow and learn from our own personal experiences is an argument that will not seem to go away. In the novel Frankenstein both sides can be argued about the scientist’s creation, as he shows examples of each viewpoint. However, I believe that the society’s disregard toward Victor’s creation leads to the creature’s thirst for revenge. The creature shows throughout the story how the decisions and actions of other characters impact his emotions and characteristics.
What exactly is the pursuit of knowledge? One might say that the pursuit of knowledge is when one conducts irregular experiments and actions. One might say that the pursuit of knowledge is the process of the collecting information needed in completing that test. However, the universal truth says that one can never accumulate all the knowledge in the world. However, one might opinion that the pursuit of knowledge is a wonderful thing to have because knowledge is power. But what exactly is knowledge? Mary Shelley has her visions of the pursuit of knowledge all the way back in the 19th century. To tell her thoughts to the world, she creates the characters Victor
First in the begin in Frankenstein and Blade Runner you are introduce to the thing of artificial intelligence that is created by different things of creating monster by using body parts or programming. Even though it can have a big part in creating new life do you think it is responsible for us to create more people from being to populate our cities and towns.
Among the many themes explored in Mary Shelley 's timeless classic “Frankenstein”, the one I find to be most relevant and the one that truly resonated with me was the dangers that stem from the pursuit of knowledge. This theme resonated with me for many reasons because, while the pursuit of knowledge has allowed humankind to exert and enjoy unparalleled and unprecedented power over the animal kingdom and the world itself, it’s a seemingly benign aspect of human nature that can paradoxically render humankind obsolete. while exploring the many dangers rooted in the pursuit and frankly the obsession of knowledge one cannot help but see the correlations between Mary Shelley 's infamous character, the ‘creature’ and the Industrial Revolution
In the novel, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein shows the cruel karma that joins in the achievement of attaining knowledge. With countless examples to support this statement, the opinion of this reader holds strong with the opinion of Mary Shelly, that the power of knowledge, though incredibly tempting to grasp hold of tightly, can be a dangerous achievement that can lead to more destruction than it can recover.
Victor attributes his tragic fate to his relentless search for knowledge, but I find it was his relentless search for glory that attributed
Robert Walton writes to his sister from a ship heading to the North Pole. Walton eventually crosses paths with Victor Frankenstein, and takes him on board where he hears Frankenstein’s story about his creation. Victor first discusses his early life, and when he discovered his desire to learn the secret to life. After Victor has spent his time locked in secluded to his studying and research and finally brings his creation to life, he is horrified at the sight, and eventually runs out of his room and he runs into his best friend, Henry. When they return to his apartment, the creation is gone and Victor becomes ill. When Victor prepares to return home, a letter from his father informs him that his brother, William, was strangled to death. As Victor
rankenstein is an old classic about a scientist who creates a monster and the awful events he unintentionally causes. Victor Frankenstein is a hard-working young man at university who discovers how to give life to an inanimate body and uses his knowledge to create a man-monster. He believes his discovery will lead to further scientific advances but when he succeeds in bringing his creation to life he is filled with loathing.
The book Frankenstein by the one and only Mary Shelley showed a lot of meaning. This book was published on the date of March 11, 1818, and has become one of the most popular books in the world. In this piece of writing, Shelley showed the story of an eccentric scientist by the name of Victor Frankenstein who created a malformed creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. The story took you through different emotions, because along with Victor’s story, the Creature’s story is being told as well. This book stands out from others, because of the simple fact that a lot of the story is told by letters between characters, and it has plenty of ways to interpret its lessons.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a great horror story about a man named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster in his quest to create life. There are many odd twists and turns in this book leaving the reader dangling off the edge of curiosity. Victor discovering the secret of life, his creation killing his family, and Victor seeking revenge are all major points in this book.
Artificial intelligence has become a big controversy between scientists within the past few years. Will artificial intelligence improve our communities in ways we humans can’t, or will they just cause danger to us? I believe that artificial intelligence will only bring harm to our communities. There are multiple reasons why artificial intelligence will bring danger to humanity, some of them being: you can’t trust them, they will lead to more unemployment, and they will cause more obesity.