OpenAI and Mary Shelley ' s Frankenstein. Experiments are good and bad. Dec 9, 2022
This is a generative transformer experiment. All the OpenAI text was unedited. OpenAJ will be compared to Frankenstein’s monster by many philosophers and and analysts like myself.
I am trained in computer science and statistics and I am an expert professional in this area and I teach formally at the college levels where I design and instruct courses about business, technology, current events and policy. I am one of the Co-founders of the Grey Swan Guild, a virtual think tank, staffed and supported by volunteers.
I am doing research on Consilience, Physics, Math, Philosophy, Phycology, Neuroscience, AI, History and Leonardo Da Vinci, tbe greatest artist and scientists and Eulerian mathematician so far. I admire all polymaths, of any combination.
I advise companies professionally in innovation and creation of new software systems at scale.
I am an avid reader of science fiction and I studied Frankenstein in highschool and university. It’s a very good, very short book Shelly wrote on vacation by the mountains of Lake Geneva. It has captured the imagination of creatives, artists and scientists like myself since it was published. It has always been popular and has been used in many, many derivative works. She was an original thinker and I respect her mind. In history, necromancers were an archetype like alchemists, magician’s seeking power to transformation things for power. Lead to gold and the dead to the super human, and in Victor Frankstein’s own image.
She combined one of the new exciting technologies of the day, electricity and empirical science to create life.
Like much of Speculative Fiction it’s is both a cautionary and morality tale to warn of of the power snd danger of the technology humans conceive.
This is why I created a comparison of OpenAI. I am the first person to do so and publish it to the internet. I hope it is useful and can be improved upon. I will do that.
Rob Tyrie
Compare and contrast OpenAI and Generative Transformers to Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein in a book report format .
In Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein," the main character, Victor Frankenstein, creates a being from inanimate matter and brings it to life. This being, commonly known as the "monster," is initially innocent and kind-hearted, but is rejected and mistreated by society, leading it to become violent and vengeful.
OpenAI and generative transformers can be compared to Frankenstein in the sense that they are both creations of technology that have the potential to vastly impact society. Like Frankenstein's monster, OpenAI and generative transformers are powerful and intelligent, and their capabilities are growing rapidly. However, like the monster, they also have the potential to cause harm if they are not used responsibly.
One key difference between OpenAI and generative transformers, and Frankenstein's monster, is that the former are not conscious beings. They are computer programs designed to assist with natural language generation and other tasks, and do not have the ability to think or feel in the same way that a living being does. In contrast, the monster in "Frankenstein" is a conscious being with its own thoughts, feelings, and desires.
Another difference is that OpenAI and generative transformers are not independent entities. They are creations of humans, and are dependent on human input and guidance to function. In contrast, the monster in "Frankenstein" is an independent being that is not under the control of its creator.
Despite these differences, both OpenAI and generative transformers, and Frankenstein's monster, raise ethical and moral questions about the consequences of creating powerful technology and the responsibility of creators to consider and address those consequences. In both cases, the potential for harm exists, and it is up to humans to ensure that these technologies are used in a responsible and ethical manner.
