Summary Of Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

Should scientists really pursue artificial intelligence (smart drugs) for nonsensical people to improve the intelligence in the world? Most researchers conceive that we shouldn't pursue these smart drugs. Established from “Flowers from Algernon” by Daniel Keyes and the article “smart drugs” by Eric H. Chudler, scientists should not pursue these smart drugs to develop artificial intelligence, seeing that these pills or drugs involved in the pill may be harmful and dangerous to the person taking the pills. In "Flowers for Algernon'' by Daniel Keyes, Charlie, who has gotten the surgery to make him smarter had just really made him less intelligent, because when he did get the surgery he had gotten worse emotionally, physically, and memory wise in a span of two and a half months. By the end of this short story, it states “I've

But it gets harder to form the words and remember spellings”. Another piece of textual evidence to support my claim is “Last night I couldn't remember where I lived”. This proves that he is losing his memory. His mindset is deteriorating and deteriorating as the days go on. Another piece of intellectual evidence is “I got mad and chased him out because he was making fun of me the way they all used to”. He got mad that the doctor was teasing him because the doctor didn't believe Charlie when he said that he was once a genius. His emotional state has gotten worse because now he is getting more frustrated by the little things that have been happening to him. From this short story alone, this shows why we shouldn't pursue artificial intelligence. A major second reason why we shouldn't pursue artificial intelligence is that smart drugs aren't something that you should take, because there are many harmful side effects including seizures, heart attacks, brain injury, Alzheimer's, and even