The Frankenstein complex is a term coined by Isaac Asimov in his robot series, referring to the fear of mechanical men.
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Some of Asimov’s science fiction short stories and novels predict that this suspicion will become strongest and most widespread in respect of “mechanical men” that most-closely resemble human beings (see android), but it is also present on a lower level against robots that are plainly electromechanical automatons.
The “Frankenstein complex” is similar in many respects to Masahiro Mori’s uncanny valley hypothesis.
The name, “Frankenstein complex”, is derived from the name of Victor Frankenstein in the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. In Shelley’s story, Frankenstein created an intelligent, somewhat superhuman being, but he finds that his creation is horrifying to behold and abandons it. This ultimately leads to Victor’s death at the conclusion of a vendetta between himself and his creation.
In much of his fiction, Asimov depicts the general attitude of the public towards robots as negative, with ordinary people fearing that robots will either
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