The three short stories we read were very interesting. They connected to our class definition of science fiction because all three were futuristic and contained robots that are not available yet, but may be eventually in the future.
All three stories were very good examples of the Frankenstein complex. In EPICAC, a super computer has been created and can compute anything for the humans that run it. However, EPICAC begins to develop and compute emotion, which is were the fear of it starts to set in. It develops a love for one of the people who work with it, and in the end self-destructs. Eyebem is a good example of the Frankenstein complex because near the end of the story, while stranded in the snow with a man, Eyebem tells him that the robots, like Eyebem, are actually the superior race to the humans and will eventually take over the world because they are more powerful and more reliable. This would provoke fear because the robot believes it is better and more capable than human beings. The final story, Mimicry is an excellent example of the Frankenstein complex because the actual characters in the story are afraid of the robots. The main girl is afraid of her robot-double, and her fear is replenished when the robot tries to turn herself into the girl and the girl into a robot.
Overall, I kind of liked these stories. They were very well written and interesting stories, but they did scare me a little to think that one day, things like that may actually happen, and robots may actually become super-intelligent. And I say that as I have conversations with Siri.
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