Over the last few days we read three short stories, EPICAC by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Eyebem by Gene Wolfe, and Mimicry by Maggie Slater. These stories are the perfect examples of how technology might become aware of itself and start to feel human emotion. As we create more and more things that are closer to human the line, between person and machine becomes blurry.
All of these relate to the Frankenstein Complex in that sooner or later we lose control of what we have created and they evolve on their own. We don't know whether our creations will make things better for us, or become a threat to out very existence.
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