Frankenstein

       

     While watching Bride of Frankenstein, I started thinking about sentient beings. One of humanity’s biggest fears is to be taken over by other sentient beings –computers, in particular. I don’t think we should ever purposefully create other sentient beings because the risks and consequences are just way too high to chance it. If computers one day become sentient, I believe it will be very, very bad. They’d be able to know what emotions are and do, but they’d never be able to fully experience them, in my opinion. Without emotions, we are able to do a lot more without feeling guilty –emotions hold us back, honestly. It reminds me of the movie Eagle Eye where one computer was able to manipulate the entire city, force people to kill, manipulate citizens, attack, etc. Technology can be power, and power in the wrong hands will create catastrophe.

            That being said…back to Frankenstein. I really felt bad for the monster (yes, I know he went on a killing rampage.) However, he really did not know any better. He isn’t human; he doesn’t know what is right and what is wrong. He sees someone blocking him or attacking him, and he eliminates the threat –natural selection, almost. This type of thing is why we should not allow sentient beings other than humans to exist. We have no way of knowing how their brains (or brain substitute) would work.