Frankenstein is a modern indication of artificial technology. It reflects the human beings are striving for advancing the new technologies. As I am searching for the online resource of some information about how the Frankenstein impacts on the various discussions on recent technologies, we could be able to figure out the bioethics and humanity are going to be greater challenged by the rise of artificial technologies. Frankenstein brings up an idea of artificial technologies such as reproductive technologies, cloning and DNA technologies. Humanity is further being more and more artificial since the blooming of new technological development. I am going to do the research which is mainly based on the evolution of technologies are closely connected with the effect of human nature and cyber culture issues.
Will technology change humanity, or has it already? [1] Through the article, it has provided a critical reflection of the advanced technology has changed to the living culture and humanity is declining its association towards the human communication and basic human nature. Since it has proved that the artificial technologies would take the advantage over everything and would be able to control the human life. Personally the technology helps people solve different problems but it also brings out a number of issues we have to much concern. Things are getting into too complicated while our life are fully occupied by mechanical sense and can’t live without technologies. Life is feeling like a sort of non – human and the human value are totally relied on technology. It suggests that people have to postpone the rapid development of artificial technologies in order to give a space for people learn and enjoy the success of human evolution in which technology is just a most beneficial outcome for the society. Then, it also reminds people not to be over controlled by the machine in which people can see the negative influence by the growth of new technologies from this article.
Cloning in the media and popular culture [2] Giovanni Maio (2006) stated that the cloning technologies are properly portrayed an interesting topic for the mass media. Obviously, the Frankenstein is one of the most typical examples which aroused the media to contribute their enthusiasm for expressing the idea of “copying” human being. However, Frankenstein is revealed as an anti – image and a split personality which mean dangerous and soul - less being. As mass media would like to introduce the cloning technologies are dehumanized and risky to the human being through the metaphor of Frankenstein which can reinforce the worse image of artificial technologies. The media are quick to take up and emphasize the risks inherent to cloning technologies. Therefore, people are able to realize that Frankenstein influences an ethnic issue about the cloning and also other artificial technologies which is completely transmitted by the media. We can find that critical argument on bioethics and genetic determinism which reflect the social and genetic bias in dominant society. In the sense of scientists, cloning technology is fulfilling the superiority and reversing the human nature in order to maintain the body physically relive.
Stem Cells and Human Cloning: The Postmodern Prometheus [3] According to the depiction of a concept of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818), the human creation is a new technological beginning in which has been rising its impact since 19th century. The history of reproductive technologies is introduced in this article, in which the development of reproductive technologies are much better than we expected and known. In terms of nowadays reproductive aspect, scientists are assisting the human reproduction through mechanism and no longer only depending on the human process. The narrative of Frankenstein is not only a popular imagination that actually can be fulfilled by the recent high technology. The advantage of the increasing popularity towards reproductive technologies is helping female gain another solution to resolve the problem on reproduction however it might also bring out a political and moral issue. These technologies and their discussion inevitably cheapen human life and degrade the worth of all human beings. Even the achievement of new technologies is delightful for the human evolution, it is undoubtedly convinced the matter of value of human life and gave people to further consider the both positive and negative influences of artificial technologies in modern society. The greater technological development leads the greater dilemma of humanity.
The Frankenstein Syndrome: Ethical and Soical Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals [4] Rollin (1995) has implicated a powerful technology which is able to advance a various part of genetic engineering of animals. However the author also tried to inform the readers that it might also stimulate a further discussion on moral and social issues. As Rollin argued that the metaphor of Frankenstein leads the concept of self organizing a human life which is absolutely failure and opposed the nature being, the popular imagination of Frankenstein would risk exaggerating the benefit of genetic technologies. Also, Rollin also considered that there are diverse significant ethnic elements of animals cloning such as the basic right and welfare which people have to pay much attention on it. Government and society are strongly recommenced to restrict the application on genetic engineering of animals in various aspect in terms of preventing an abuse of animal cloning or overwhelming the humanity that consequences an unknown harms in some ways.
The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Techniques on the Ethical Role of Computer Scientists [5] The emerging of technology is inevitably and common to better develop in modern society. The role of artificial intelligence is becoming greater important and professional than the old days. According to raising power of computer technology Dunnuck (2002) proved that its application and function within the social and interacting human life is capable of equally comparing with human being. The manipulation of computer programs has already taken a control over mankind intelligence. The conflict between technology and humanity is being stronger and dramatically adapted to various part of life. In the other hand, still technology is continuing to haunt a need and proactive desire to the society, the influence of technology is complex to achieve an appropriate balance of humanity. From the article, it reminds that a proper use of recent technology would be a tool as making life much fulfilling. Otherwise, lots of moral and ethical problem would be caused.
A Cloning of Your Own? : The Science and Ethics of Cloning [6] Frankenstein is created by certain assembling part of dead body whose power to reconstruct a reanimating power of human life. The concept of assembling body is similar to the main theme of animal cloning and even much relate to human cloning that challenge the ethical discussion against the recent artificial technologies. Nevertheless, the mechanical reproduction explains the myth of Frankenstein can be happened in the reality. Creating life in a laboratory is less humanizing as well as alarming the public consciousness and moral harms that might make scientists hide the truth of the developing process of cloning. The discussion is still controversial and aggressive towards the human right and ethnics’ issue.
In the conclusion, the popular imagination of Frankenstein would continue a controversial argument to the recent technology especially co relate to the evolution of artificial technology such as cloning and reproduction. Moreover, moral and ethnic issues increasingly bring up to the mainstream topic of technological development and they are gradually being popular to be more concerned and discuss. When I am going to do the online research about the discussion between Frankenstein and artificial technologies, obviously there are some similarities could be found between two, but mostly the humanity aspect is still being challenged and constrained.
Reference lists:
[1] Robin, P. (2005) Will Technology changed humanity, or has it already?. Canada Free Press, Retrieved March 31, 2008, from
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/robin022805.htm
[2] Giovanni, M. (2006) Cloning in the media and popular culture. Retrieved 31 March, 2008, from
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1456881
[3] Joan, S. (2006) Stem Cells and Human Cloning: The Postmodern Prometheus. In The Kenyon Observer and in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. Retrieved March 21, 2008, from
http://biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol114/Chap14/clone.html#top
[4] Bernard, E. Rollin. (1995). The Frankenstein Syndrome: Ethical and Soical Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals. Retrieved March 31, 2008, from
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=NFr2MXHFxZQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=frankenstein+humanity&ots=zGBPIxMEc7&sig=84wGjR18lw5NXflnhys6xme55EA#PPA98,M1
[5] Nicholas, S. D. (2002). Technology Beyond Our Control. In The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Techniques on the Ethical Role of Computer Scientists. (Chapter 3.) Retrieved March 31, 2008, from
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/theses/dunnuck.pdf
[6] Arlene, J. K. (2006). A Cloning of Your Own? : The Science and Ethics of Cloning. Retrieved March 31, 2008, from
http://books.google.com/books?id=JVagpD0snTsC&pg=PA45&dq=frankenstein+cloning&lr=&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0&sig=vtZqj7apKzmGrBISkvyGYoGDRDE#PPR31,M1