Technology and Its Impact on Humanity

Abstract

The diploma thesis focuses on technology and its impact on humanity. It considers the concepts of humanity and dehumanisation, as well as the terms anthropomorphism and transhumanism. It outlines the issue of artificial intelligence and the associated sense of the "uncanny." It comparatively analyses the works of interwar authors, Aldous Huxley and H. G. Wells, and the works of contemporary authors, Neal Shusterman, Sarah Marie Griffin, and James Dashner, and explores their contrasting perspectives on humanity and technology.