The notion of automation has its roots in Greek myth: Hephaestus, the god of metalworking (yes, there was a god for that), created metal statues that he animated to help him in his forge and home. Magic & Motorcars: The History of Automation Automatons & Other Stories Given this vigorous focus in the Canadian tech sector, alongside ongoing worries from some people about the potential negative results of automation, it’s worth looking at past innovations in automation and artificial intelligence in order to better understand where we might be headed. In December of 2018, for instance, the federal government announced nearly $230M in funding to the AI-Powered Supply Chains Supercluster (SCALE.AI). Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) continue to advance in Canada, with both federal and provincial governments funneling money into research and technology adoption. Our ideas about automation have also become increasingly important.
While this fearful fascination with automation feels very “now,” its roots extend a long way back, even to ancient Greece, and it has been a key component in human development throughout the centuries. Ware’s version, though, augments human terror about the supernatural with anxieties about advanced technology. Interestingly, Ware’s novel is a take on The Turn of the Screw, an 1898 horror tale by Henry James, in which a nanny works in a house that appears to be haunted. In The Turn of the Key, a recent thriller by Ruth Ware, a nanny is tormented by the technology in the smart home where she works-she is under constant surveillance by cameras, woken in the middle of the night by booming music over the speaker system, and literally left in the dark when the lights shut off at the most perilous moments.
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