The weird influence of H.G. Wells on Guerrilla Games’ Horizon franchise – Destructoid
Our Techno-Utopian Nightmare
Artificial intelligence has become an unavoidable trend, and with that comes an explosion of possibilities and fears. Though A.I. promises to free the masses from the suffering of alienated labor, it also threatens to render many redundant. In some sense, the blessing and curse of A.I. is that it may become too good, painfully exposing just how inadequate our biological modes of being are.
In Guerrilla Games’ Horizon franchise, A.I. appears as both the villain and the hero, illustrating the…