AI and the Gothic

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Original abstract

For as long as technology has existed, there have been those who are afraid of its implications and wish to roll back its progress. One way in which this has traditionally been effected is through the use of gothic tropes to render new technologies as frightful or vampiric upon either labour or life. In this chapter, I explore the ways that gothic aspects are applied to the new breed of large language models, broadly dubbed AI. Taking a base history of artificial life and its intersection with gothic literatures, such as Frankenstein, but also more contemporary touchstones, this chapter aims to understand how gothic rhetorics influence societal uptake and acceptance or rejection of new technological inventions. This chapter will naturally also explore the unnaturalness of supposedly "playing God" and creating artificial life, a trope very much rooted in gothic traditions.

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