Log Entry #11: 10/17/10

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream could possibly be one of the most terrifying science fiction works that I have ever read or heard of. It truly depicts what could happen if you put too much power into machine; this short story follows the last five human survivors on earth, trapped inside AM ( a computer that has overrun these five survivors and tortures them). The person who created AM  made him complete tasks that humans can't), and doing so, they gave AM almost unlimited power. As the story progresses you learn that  AM hates humans (his creator),  but he knows if he kills the last remaining people on this Earth, then he'll be completely alone for the rest of eternity. So as much as AM wants to kill his creator for leaving his an inclosed genius, he knows he can't kill them.

AM was named by the humans by the phrase "I think, therefore I am." . This phrase describes that AM thinks and is existent but it is not a human.  Furthermore, AM terrorizes these five poor humans and rules the world;  although, it cannot experience new things and learn like a human can. In this way, it makes it seem that Am is not actually existent and is all a tale in Tim's head.

After ready this story and watching the two horrific frankenstein films, it seems that these stories are very much similar. In which, both they stories are about how these creations break free and are exposed to society, so they go against the creators and cause havoc.