# Preface to Frankenstein

DevFeed: [Preface to Frankenstein](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/preface-to-frankenstein-37895.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.evanmiller.org/prefaces/frankenstein.html>)

Author: Evan Miller

Published: 2019-03-12T13:55:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Evan Miller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/evan-miller.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Deep learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deep-learning.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [deep-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-learning.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>)

## AI overview

This preface argues that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein remains relevant to computer programmers because it explores creation, obsessive making, and the dangers of pursuing science and engineering without sufficient reflection. It connects those themes to efforts to develop general AI and questions the ethical relationship between humans and self-aware computers.

## Source excerpt

Frankenstein turned two hundred last year. Why is it still relevant? My very own Preface to Frankenstein