This will be hard, mainly regarding how I came into class very late; however, after reading more about Frankenstein and the Coming Wave. I've started to better understand the true connections and the message that they both start to have. Mainly with the Coming Wave, it was difficult at first to navigate and read into as it was a really long book, but after grabbing a fresh cup of grapes and a comfortable spot, it allowed me to fully enjoy and catch up on chapters as well. I like how, mainly in Frankenstein and the Coming Wave they talk about the "Almost Human" concept. (I'm going to be honest) that part was from CHAT GPT the "Almost Human" due to how it honestly made sense after it describes the assignment in better regard after the following prompt I put into it. However, with Victor so fascinated and fixated on creating an "Almost Human" back to Life it resonates so much with AI and both of these books have so many connections, even after 200 years since Mary Shelling produced the book.
I like and understand now how The Coming Wave is simply about our relationship with technology and how it has advanced so rapidly. In the age of technology, innovation is everywhere, and it won't go away any time soon. It showcases how AI is used as a tool and can help refine and tune ideas to showcase them in the best light and for what you particularly need. It goes hand and hand with Victor's monsters as he grabbed a variety of body parts from different graves to showcase them in "his perfect light and vision". AI could be the same as we can prompt them and ask them certain questions, and in a certain way, to get the best possible result, which creates our own Frankenstein.
It's starting to click now, the reason why you wanted us to read the book, since they are so similar in the ways of creation and how maybe Nature should play as the only "GOD" to creation and not human or manmade. The 2 texts reflect off of each other, but also our society and how ethics may play into the two. What Victor did wasn't ethical by any means; he created a monster in order to fulfill his own desire to create a human from nothing and disturb nature. Could we be doing the same with AI, and it's too soon to find out? I'm not sure that's the biggest question to be honest. But that could be better answered in Next Week's Dev Blog.
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