The Way Forward: Shaw and Artificial Intelligence

Shaw’s life intersected with automata, robots, and AI. In fact he was born during the golden age of the automaton. His Bible of the Life Force and Creative Evolution, Back to Methuselah, was written when word “robot” was coined. Shaw’s life ran in tandem with the rise of AI, and the big names in AI were his contemporaries. What may happen to Shaw with the rise of AI? Will AI be a threat, a risk or an opportunity? Thus far, ChatGPT appears to be a companion to Shaw studies rather than a rival.