{"id":4974,"date":"2026-04-20T17:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:42:36","slug":"alex-roman-ai-fiction-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/2026\/04\/20\/alex-roman-ai-fiction-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Roman &#8211; Ai Fiction Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What assumptions do the creators make about the world, technology, and human beings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Both authors show that humans want to understand the world but the systems would have to be huge to interact with humans. What that means is that Technology would have to be deeply involved in peoples life to create one big organization. In &#8220;The Ones Who Look&#8221; the author describes that people would have to give up privacy and there lives in the future for the advancement of technology, without even realizing it. In &#8220;The Library of Babel&#8221; the author assumes that even if humans have access to unlimited information they still wouldn&#8217;t fully grasp it like a machine would.  Overall, it was interesting article with a unique perspective. Its basically telling us that one day AI has the potential to take over the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What arguments are the creators making about the relationship between people and technology?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The articles both explain that Tech has more power and knowledge than people do, they lean on the side that Tech is what influences our lives and not the other way around.  People need technology but technology doesn&#8217;t need people. Which is a scarry concept to think of, that maybe one day technology will be controlling us.<\/strong> <strong>This is a more Abstract idea of AI that it contains all possible knowledge known to man.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the vision of AI presented in the texts? (Again, you\u2019re analyzing rather than summarizing here! Don\u2019t just say what the AI does, say what those actions mean for the abilities, nature, and ethical weight of the AI.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the text it breaks down AI as like an overseer, emotionless , and only views the facts of situations. &#8220;The Library of Babel&#8221; had a good representation of this question. I believe that AI will have all the information and not have a need to help people because it doesn&#8217;t feel human emotion. ITs not greedy or hateful its just there as a source of all knowing. It has power over peoples live but isn&#8217;t human. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do these fictional AIs relate to your experiences of and\/or understanding of the technologies branded as AI today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I think we can already see this realty in development today. Ai has a lot of control over information&#8217;s and new systems. This is replacing jobs and changing peoples lives. This is only the beginning for AI and its systems. there is no clear direction for AI because it is growing so fast. I believe that our future is in question based on direction AI is going we will probably all rely on it very soon and it will know us individual like the article on Babel represented.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What assumptions do the creators make about the world, technology, and human beings? Both authors show that humans want to understand the world but the systems would have to be huge to interact with humans. What that means is that Technology would have to be deeply involved in peoples life to create one big organization. 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