Artificial Intelligence In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Imagine a seven foot, hideous, creature walks up to a husband and wife with their child; what would the average person do in this scenario? In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein disturbs the balance of nature, and creates this monstrosity, allowing it to roam the earth. This monstrosity could be considered a newborn child with no knowledge of words or how to behave; even so, this monstrosity becomes a cold hearted murderer. Shelley believes that nature should not be disturbed by using science to create the unknown; she would agree that modern day artificial intelligence is dangerous to society because it’s hard to predict the outcomes and what passes the line between what is helpful and dangerous to humans. In this generation, technology
Victor uses science to create something living, something good, from nothing. He thinks just having the knowledge of creation and science at his hand that he can make something perfect. Frankenstein seems to regard himself as this god. Since Frankenstein has an “astonishing...power placed within [his] hands”(Shelley 39) he doesn’t think twice about working on something incredible. His professor even tells him “metals cannot be transmuted and that the elixir of life is a chimera”(Shelley 33). Professor Krempe is right. One cannot create something living from something non-living, that would damage the balances that exist in nature. Nature cannot be disturbed without there being a consequence. Such is the rule of alchemy, which is that “humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return”(Fullmetal Alchemist). Take something too far, and one can end up with his whole family ruthlessly murdered. In nature, something isn’t just created or processed by intelligence. What’s so monstrous about both the creation and AI is that they aren’t natural beings. They aren’t suppose to have minds of their own. Imbalances in science cause imbalances in nature; which won’t be good for anyone. Shelley argues that nature should not be played with. There’s only one world to live in, and something as simple as wanting to create a living being just for fun isn’t acceptable. Frankenstein just wants to
Victor Frankenstein creates a monster who murders his friends, wife and family. Mary Shelley writes on this monster to send her message that technology, if taken too far, is a danger to society. Shelley would agree that artificial intelligence is also a hindrance on human capabilities and would destroy us. Artificial intelligence continues to advance at a greater level that it needs to be. If humans want to continue to advance in technology, there need to be boundaries in science; otherwise catastrophes will occur in nature and to