Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus

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Taschenbuch, 384 Seiten

Veröffentlicht von Penguin Verlag.

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978-3-328-10799-6
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Nach Jahren des Experimentierens ist es dem ehrgeizigen Forscher Victor Frankenstein gelungen, einen künstlichen Menschen zu erschaffen. Doch das Ergebnis seiner alchemistischen Versuche erschüttert ihn bis ins Mark, und entsetzt überlässt er das Wesen seinem Schicksal. Während dieses verzweifelt nach Nähe und Akzeptanz sucht, hinterlässt es Chaos und Verwüstung …

Darf künstliche Schöpfung über die natürliche gestellt werden? Welcher moralischen Verantwortung unterliegen wir Menschen? Mit ihrem Erstlingswerk griff die 19-jährige Mary Shelley bereits 1818 grundlegende Fragen auf, die uns heute im Zeitalter von Künstlicher Intelligenz, Algorithmen und Genforschung so aktuell erscheinen wie nie.

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surprisingly enjoyable!

I thought this was going to be a more detailed version of the pop culture bit we always see: "it's alive!" etc. but that action doesn't even take place "on screen"; the story is much more about what a creator (parent, or god) owes those they create. I enjoyed it much more than I expected, and thought the writing was excellent.

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Por capricho Victor Frankenstein teceu os fios da vida. O destino o conduziu por caminhos tortuosos, até este ponto, vaidades e acaso… Por capricho Victor Frankenstein esmagou a criatura sob o peso de seu desdém. Assim começa a tragédia do criador e da criatura. A figura de Frankenstein é marcada por um lamento constante, sua tragédia reside em sua incapacidade de agir até ser tarde demais. Seu pecado o persegue, ele é incapaz de confessá-lo ou dar cabo dele. Vemos um personagem ser consumido passivamente. Já a criatura, órfã de seu criador, vaga solitária como um animal pelos bosques enquanto desenvolve aos poucos seus gostos, experimenta pela primeira vez a fome e a comida, o frio e o calor, a solidão… e apenas isso. O monstro, como é chamado, isolado, ama platonicamente tudo o que é de mais humano. Negado em seus afetos, o ressentimento cresce, ele se vê como …

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An unexpected pleasure

I wasn't expecting to like this book anywhere near as much as I ended up doing! The story as told in the book is much more interesting than the limited image of it that's got in to popular culture, and this was my first encounter with the whole thing. It's so much more about deeply flawed Victor Frankenstein (TLDR: our reading group kept using the term "main character syndrome") than about the mad science process. And while the creature is far from likeable, his portrayal has genuine pathos, even though most of what we hear about him is secondhand through the recounting of someone who hates him.

There are several impressively strong resonances to the modern world, between the general lack of ethics in tech and the current wave of "AI" hype. And of course big self-centred men who think that extreme success in one sphere gives them licence …

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