Why Is Charlie Gordon Better Off After Artificial Intelligence

If you had a chance to triple your I.Q. level to over 200 would you do it? This is a question asked to Charlie Gordon a 37 year old man, with an I.Q. of 68, and the main character of Daniel Keyes’ science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon.” Charlie Gordon was better off after the Artificial Intelligence (Or A.I.) surgery because, his I.Q. level triples, he begins to express more complex emotions, and he could also make huge improvements in the field of science. Due to the A.I. surgery, Charlie’s I.Q. level triples. Charlie’s I.Q level before the surgery was 68 but after the operation his I.Q. level increased to over 200. Here is a quote proving his intelligence increase. “So I still don’t know what I.Q.is except that mine is going to be over 200 soon.” (Keyes 232). That is why Charlie having his I.Q. tripled was a good idea. After the surgery, Charlie began to express more complex emotions. Charlie started to feel sadness, love, happiness, anger, and many others. This is a quote

Charlie was able to find that the effects of of A.I. increase were directly proportional to the rate of decrease, Charlie also could have made improvements in the technique used for artificially increasing intelligence. This quote shows how Charlie could have made an advancement in science. “ I have checked and rechecked my results a dozen times in the hope of finding an error. I am sorry to say the results must stand. Yet for the sake of science, I am grateful for the little bit that I here add to knowledge of the human mind and of the laws governing the artificial increase of human intelligence.” (Keyes 239). This shows that with increased intelligence, even for a short time Charlie Gordon was able to figure out something that a room full of scientists could not. This shows that having an increase in intelligence Charlie or anyone could advance how people think about the field of