Brave New World revisited: Soft Totalitariansm in the era of AI

• In Event: Critical Approaches to Emerging Technologies, Aesthetics, and Simulacra

Brief Overview

This paper revisits Huxley’s Brave New World in light of advances in artificial intelligence and reproductive technology, arguing it foresaw a “soft totalitarianism” of technological governance with profound implications for political life.

Author

• Gabriel de A. Castro, Cedarville University