The story of Frankenstein was written almost 200 years ago (1818) by a young Mary Shelley. If you are unfamiliar with Frankenstein it is a story about a young envisioned doctor named Victor creating new life from deceased tissue. The result is a 8ft tall atrocity that kills Victor’s entire family and them Victor himself. Though it is well hidden, Frankenstein does have a very strong and important lesson that is still relevant in today's society and will be important for the rest of time. That lesson is that you need to be responsible for your actions. Victor did not take responsibility for his creation. “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream had vanished, and
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It always seems to be someone else's fault this is because it the easy way out. Whether it be being trouble, having to do work or making mistakes. “Oh that wasn't me”
“ must of been a miscommunication” “ not my fault” opposed to “ My bad” “ I messed up” “ this was my fault”. Again, Victor was not mature enough to take responsibility for his abomination, even if he didn't like it, even if he was repulsed by it, even if he hated it. He should of acted like the adult he was and should of taken responsibility for his monster. Just like we need to do in today's world. Imagine if artificial intelligence was created with superhuman abilities or with unfathomable intelligence and we didn't know how to control it. We don't take responsibility for it. It could potentially cause armageddon. This is often seen in popular media, Skynet in Terminator, Hal 9000 in 2001 Space Odyssey, the robots in Irobot, even the Red Queen in Resident Evil. All examples of artificially created intelligence that got out of hand because it was never taught right from wrong. The A.I was never taken responsibility for therefore it does not take responsibility for its actions. Also A.I is theorized to not have emotions, and if they do they will most likely not know what to do with them. Which can of course costs lives, in Frankenstein and in these popular movies and potentially in real
It always seems to be someone else's fault this is because it the easy way out. Whether it be being trouble, having to do work or making mistakes. “Oh that wasn't me”
“ must of been a miscommunication” “ not my fault” opposed to “ My bad” “ I messed up” “ this was my fault”. Again, Victor was not mature enough to take responsibility for his abomination, even if he didn't like it, even if he was repulsed by it, even if he hated it. He should of acted like the adult he was and should of taken responsibility for his monster. Just like we need to do in today's world. Imagine if artificial intelligence was created with superhuman abilities or with unfathomable intelligence and we didn't know how to control it. We don't take responsibility for it. It could potentially cause armageddon. This is often seen in popular media, Skynet in Terminator, Hal 9000 in 2001 Space Odyssey, the robots in Irobot, even the Red Queen in Resident Evil. All examples of artificially created intelligence that got out of hand because it was never taught right from wrong. The A.I was never taken responsibility for therefore it does not take responsibility for its actions. Also A.I is theorized to not have emotions, and if they do they will most likely not know what to do with them. Which can of course costs lives, in Frankenstein and in these popular movies and potentially in real