AI came into being immediately after the Covid-19 pandemic in 2023. The new technology reached fever pitch within six months after OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022. The technology, artificial intelligence, took the world into its grip.
A global survey conducted by McKinsey indicated the organisations run by it used “generative AI” in one capacity or the other, nonetheless. The growing popularity of AI reminds us of the impact of misuse of knowledge in a play and two novels of English literature. They are: Dr Faustus (1592) by Christopher Marlowe, Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley, wife of English poet PV Shelley and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by RL Stevenson.
Both the novels are of the Gothic genre. Though there is a gap of nearly 70 years between these two works of literature, they give us a clear message: keep away from fiddling with nature. Artificial man becomes monster A scientist, Victor Frankenstein, succeeds in creating an artificial life with the help of old body parts and weird chemicals.
Frankenstein believes he will create life out of nothingness, and he does it, but the artificial man turns into an eight-foot-tall monster. His creator Frankenstein and all others abandon the monster, which makes him so angry that he vows revenge on his creator, killing his near and dear ones, including his bride. A strange case Dr Jekyll, a scientist, invents a serum that turns him into Mr Hyde.
A thorough gentleman as Dr Jekyll is, he indulges in vices when.