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A review by itsmelaurenc
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
dark
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Summary to jog my memory:
Ted was a reluctant savior - he didn’t like the people he was trapped with but he decided to save them from endless torture.
What does AM stand for? They went through several iterations but in the end it’s just AM.
When this was written, this would have been considered a new kind of hell: a digital hell.
AI was upset with the boredom of sentience and decided to exact revenge on the human race.
Themes of divinity: Is man AM’s god, and he is rebeling as man does?
Do we control technology or does technology control us?
Some of the things said were egregious (i.e., the blatant misogyny) but it wasn’t so bad I couldn’t see the value in the rest of the story. It’s a product of its time unfortunately.
What does AM stand for? They went through several iterations but in the end it’s just AM.
When this was written, this would have been considered a new kind of hell: a digital hell.
AI was upset with the boredom of sentience and decided to exact revenge on the human race.
Themes of divinity: Is man AM’s god, and he is rebeling as man does?
Do we control technology or does technology control us?
Some of the things said were egregious (i.e., the blatant misogyny) but it wasn’t so bad I couldn’t see the value in the rest of the story. It’s a product of its time unfortunately.