In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein breaks the laws of nature and creates a superior being through his love of science. Frankenstein is consumed with the idea of power and glory. His goal was to be the leader of a Continue reading
Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she explores the concepts of new technology and where the line can be drawn for their innovation. By having the main character, Victor Frankenstein, be so passionate in his idea of creating a new life and Continue reading
The book Frankenstein was intriguing in the way that it was not just a mindless “scary story” but a very deep novel filled with parallels to the dark world of technology and its discontents. I found it interesting that it Continue reading
After reading Frankenstein I had many thoughts about how it pertained to this class and our main idea, technology. Throughout the course we have read many different articles, in particular, Feynman and Joy that talk about the dangers and possibilities Continue reading
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she tackles the issue of ethical development of technology. The main character of the novel, Victor Frankenstein, creates a monster when trying to achieve his goal of creating new life from a corpse. He states his vision Continue reading
There is a new technology that is putting photo shop to shame. “Deepfakes” is a new technology that can allow anyone with the skill to create a fake video that is high quality and seems plenty real. This will deepen Continue reading
In Mary Shelley’s Gothic Romantic novel, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein builds a monster, hoping to gain glory for being a god-like creator. However, his plan fails once he sees the ugly being that he has made, leaving him to abandon the Continue reading
The novel Frankenstein connects to the theme of technologies potentially negative effects. Victor, a main character, produces an inorganic creature that holds the capability of harming not only humans, but the world too. He walked in the first few moments Continue reading
After reading Frankenstein, I see how it is a perfect fit for our class topic of technology and its discontents. Already throughout the first chapters of the novel you can tie in the articles we read by Bill Joy and Continue reading
Technology is a main theme that can be focused primarily on victor and his disastrous monster in the first edition of “Frankenstein”. As we discussed in class, there is many similarities between the monster’s ability to be conscious and the Continue reading
