Tag: artificial intelligence

  • the digital gothic II: madwomen in the attic

    the digital gothic II: madwomen in the attic

    adding to my theory of the digital gothic, i examine the trope of the madwoman in the attic through the figure of olympia in e. t. hoffman’s “the sandman” (1817) and alex garland’s “ex machina” (2014)

  • the digital gothic I: when the ghost is a machine

    the digital gothic I: when the ghost is a machine

    a study of the digital gothic in black mirror’s “be right back” (2013) and alex garland’s “ex machina” (2014) portray elements of the traditional gothic embued with modern aspects, which maintain the genre ever-relevant in our age.

  • female subservience and Artificial intelligence

    female subservience and Artificial intelligence

    a look at how narratives about female ai can challenge and overturn ideas of male ownership and control in alex garland’s “ex machina” (2014) and drew hancock’s “companion” (2025)