More than humans: the robot in science fiction

Authors

  • Mario César Arizmendi Guzmán Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Keywords:

artificial Intelligence, robots, science fiction, humanity, representation

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence has an important role in science fiction. The presentation of androids, automatons and robots as simple machines that fulfill a task stops being relevant when they begin to act erratically, when they begin to act as human beings. Why are they able to create, feel and act as an ordinary person? Based on this issue we will analize, from a literary perspective, the robot as something more than human archetype.

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Author Biography

Mario César Arizmendi Guzmán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Estudió Lengua y Literaturas Modernas Alemanas en la UNAM. Se dedica a la literatura y la escritura.

Published

2020-03-01