The Future of Horror Fiction and AI: Scared Yet?

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Bonnie asked ChatGPT: What is the future of the horror fiction genre? ChatGPT response: As an AI language model, I cannot predict the future with certainty, but I can offer insights. From the Gothic horror novels of the 18th and 19th centuries to the contemporary horror stories of today, the genre has adapted to reflect changing cultural, social, and technological trends. Overall, its future is likely to push boundaries and challenge readers’ expectations. We asked ChatGPT: What horror fiction includes AI characters? ChatGPT gave these examples: – “The Freeze-Frame Revolution” by Peter Watts – “Robopocalypse” by Daniel H. Wilson – “The Matrix Trilogy” by William Gibson We asked ChatGPT for quotes from horror films. ChatGPT response: – “Be afraid... be very afraid.” – The Fly (1986) – “Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.” – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – “They’re here.” – Poltergeist (1982) We’ll ask Ben Monroe, KC Grifant, Stephanie Ellis and Francesca Maria for their take on The Future of Horror Fiction and AI: Scared Yet?

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0:00.0	Where does yesterday's future, which is already here, really here, really here, meet today's future, which is about to happen, and tomorrow's future, which could be just minutes away?
0:15.9	Welcome to technology revolution, the future of now.
0:21.3	Where host Bonnie D. Graham asks savvy futurists for their predictions about the tech-driven
0:27.1	trends that are shaping our future right now.
0:30.5	Here's your host who will take us into the future of now.
0:34.4	Bonnie D. Graham.
0:35.8	Thank you to the voice of Ryan Treasure.
0:37.5	I never remember whether I said, this is the future of that,
0:39.6	so we'll just go up in the air.
0:40.8	I want my panelists.
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0:45.3	We are live streaming on both platforms,
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0:58.0	So today, my regular listeners and my new listeners want you to know I've been doing a sub feature focusing on AI.
1:05.0	Oh my goodness, everybody's talking about it, it's impacting our lives in so many ways.
1:09.0	So each week I pick a different topic
1:11.6	on the impact of AI and the future of fill in the blank. Today we're talking about the future of the
1:17.1	horror genre. Are you scared yet? I have four authors. I'm going to call them artists. They are
1:25.8	basically literary artists as far as I'm concerned. And
1:28.7	in some way or another AI is impacting their life or they're thinking about it. So let me tell
1:34.1	you my research. I use Chat GPT full disclosure and I just simply asked the question, what is
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