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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: The Original AI Creation Myth
Written in 1818 by a 20-year-old Mary Shelley, Frankenstein established every theme that modern AI ethics grapples with: the responsibility of creators, the moral status of created intelligence, the danger of creation without care, and the catastrophe of abandoning what we make. Two hundred years later, nothing has changed.
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Minority Report: Predictive AI and Privacy
Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report imagined a future of pre-crime policing powered by predictive AI. In 2025, predictive policing algorithms are real, facial recognition surveils public spaces, and the film’s dystopia has become policy debate.
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Ghost in the Shell: Consciousness, Identity, and Cyborg AI
Ghost in the Shell asked the deepest questions in AI philosophy—what makes you you when your brain is part silicon? Explore this landmark anime film, its real-world AI philosophy connections, and why it still influences AI researchers today.
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Iron Man and JARVIS: The AI Assistant We All Wanted
JARVIS—Just A Rather Very Intelligent System—was the AI assistant Tony Stark relied on to save the world. Here’s what makes JARVIS a landmark in AI depiction, and what real AI researchers think of it.
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The Imitation Game: Turing’s Story on Screen
The Imitation Game brought the father of computer science to millions of screens worldwide. Discover what the film got right and wrong about Alan Turing, the real Enigma story, and why Turing’s ideas are more relevant than ever in the age of ChatGPT.
Category: AI in Science Fiction
How books, movies, and TV shows predicted, inspired, and shaped our understanding of AI.