Colchester District, Reino Unido
El capítulo examina dos novelas: "Galatea 2.2" de Richard Powers y "Destination: Void" de Frank Herbert. Cada una contiene alusiones a la mitología griega, donde la función central de la deidad que se encuentra en el mito original ha sido reemplazada por un enfoque en la actividad del cerebro cibernético. Donde, anteriormente, los dioses inmortales eran considerados amos del universo, el equilibrio de poder se ha desplazado de la providencia divina a la inteligencia humana. Se ha llegado a considerar que el ingenio mental es todopoderoso.
Research into the development of artifical intelligence has stimulated interest in the nature of consciousness and given rise to works of science fiction thar speculate upon the outcome of the fusion of the human (organic) and the robotic (mechanical). The chapter examines two novels: Richard Powers' "Galatea 2.2" and Frank Herbert's "Destination: Void". Each contains allusions to Greek mythology, where the central function of deity found in the original myth has been replaced by a focus on the activity of the cybernetic brain. Where, formerly, the immoratl gods were regarded as masters of the universe, the balance of power has shifted from divine providence to human intelligence. Ingenuity of mind has come to be seen as all powerful.
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