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Rough Draft For Frankenstein

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Serena Woo
Mr. Orehotsky
AP Literature and Composition
23 January 2023
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley was born in London, England on August 30, 1797. She was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, one of the first feminist authors, and William Goodwin, a political philosopher and novelist ("Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley"). Her mother died ten days after she was born.
Her most famous novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, “describes the destruction of the human race in the twenty-first century, [and] is noted as an inventive depiction of the future and an early prototype of science fiction”("Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley"). Her novel was written in 1818, at the start of industrialization(Arreche). Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein served as the basis …show more content…

Artificial intelligence is becoming more common and has the ability to replace humans. Biotechnology can be combined with programming which allows a new form of beings. Recently xenobots have been created which are “‘neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal’, but a ‘new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism’”(Coghlan and Kobi). The creation of something not human but also living is similar in both Frankenstein and present-day robots. The consequences of Frankenstein’s creature were death and destruction to many which is a possible result of xenobots. Xenobots are a leap forward into creating robots that can appear human, and potentially dangerous. Even on the small scale of xenobots, if they were in the hands of a regular civilian, there is a risk that they would “...be used for hostile biological purposes prohibited under international law”(Coghlan and Kobi). With the power granted through controlling a living being, it allows for stealthy ways to cause corruption. The use of biotechnology “allows for the technological manipulation of the manipulator himself”(Guerra). In working with something beyond a human’s understanding, it can cause more problems than solutions and allows people with bad intentions the chance to abuse power than cannot …show more content…

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Arreche, Whitney Wilkinson. "Promethean dreams: Mary Shelley, Whiteness, and the desire for mastery." The Christian Century, vol. 139, no. 8, 20 Apr. 2022, pp. 12+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A703135626/GPS?u=pocono_moun_shs&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=fd9446e5. Accessed 6 Dec. 2022.
"Artificial Intelligence Carries a Huge Upside. But Potential Harms Need to Be Managed." allAfrica.com, 7 Dec. 2021, p. NA. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A685841406/GIC?u=pocono_moun_shs&sid=bookmark-GIC&xid=8b7e3650. Accessed 12 Jan. 2023.
Coghlan, Simon, and Kobi Leins. "Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/JJZHCC447669819/OVIC?u=pocono_moun_shs&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=e5bb3a9a. Accessed 10 Jan. 2023. Originally published as "Not bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism," The Conversation, 19 Jan.

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