# Case study: Superheroes, cyborgs, and artificial creatures in science fiction narratives

In contemporary science fiction, robots are often depicted as perfect humans. The spectrum of artificial, non-human or half-human creatures in fiction is wide and their construction as the ‘human mirror’. We will also inquire into the role of fiction in relation to reality, how it criticizes contemporary society and how sci-fi imagery is used by technologists in discourse.

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