New Scientist ran a blurb about an experiment last year at Rice University where scientists used electricity to reanimate a dead spider as a pickup tool. The new science of bringing dead things back to life as devices are called Franken…necrobotics. Shiver.
Frankenstein?
So in 1818, Mary Shelly, on a bet, wrote a book about a mad scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein bringing a "monster." back from the dead. Everyone knows this story. Are we working toward that now? is this what we hope to achieve?
If we remember correctly, Frankenstein in the 1818 version and all subsequent versions could have gone better. Are we ok with dead robot spiders? Are we ok with them, at some point, creating a real Frankenstein monster? Please tell me in the comments what you think. I'm curious about this one.
My 2 cents
I'm a huge Frankenstein fan. I wrote an interview with Frankenstein's monster on Every Writer a while back. It's pretty good, but I don't want to see a real Frankenstein. We don't need this, do we? Do we really? So I'm against robot dead spiders. I can't believe I have to say it.
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