Tag: Victor Frankenstein
Hyping Artificial Intelligence with Seductive Optics and the Frankenstein Complex
Some of the panicky AI-will-take-over-the-world talk grows out of seductive optics — that is, the AI packaging.
Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step
The notion that the building blocks of life were easily gotten may have seemed intuitive to journalists and others acquainted with Mary Shelley’s novel.
Are Head Transplants Soul Transplants?
The question of the disposition of the soul depends on what we mean by “soul.” Is the soul a thing somewhere in the brain, so to speak, or in the body?
Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning?
Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates.