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What Ex Machina Tell Us About Human-AI Psychology

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Cultural Myths and AI Narratives

This chapter examines the interplay between audience interpretation and cultural themes in narratives of artificial creation, highlighting classic myths like Frankenstein and Pygmalion. It explores how these foundational stories resonate with contemporary issues of creation and destruction, drawing parallels to various cultural origin stories and delving into character motivations in the context of consciousness.

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