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OLIVEROS AYA, César. Frankenstein's dream. Hallazgos [online]. 2015, vol.12, n.23, pp.117-144. ISSN 1794-3841.  https://doi.org/10.15332/s1794-3841.2015.0023.006.

This article deals with an overview of intentionality that humans had about the utopia of creating artificial life, demiurgic claim which accompanied him on his becoming, in the search for transcendence. From this perspective, through a historical sketch, the study takes as a benchmark the development of anthropomorphic structures such as automata and robots, vital component of what would later become the synergy between body and machine (cyborgs), to demonstrate the prospect scientific topic. On the other hand, refers also some forms of media treatment used in popular culture, especially since the science fiction stories that question the limits of technology versus human embodiment and its mixture with the machine, until the narratives submitted by the film and television, among which Robocop, both the 1987 version and the 2013 remake of the television series Intelligence (2013).

Palabras clave : Human being; machines; robots; cyborgs; popular culture.

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