TREPIDATION OVER AI-POWERED HOUSES IN LITERATURE AND VIRTUAL ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA OVER THE YEARS

With the recent boom in AI development since 2022 and the current debate between which is better: Chat GPT or Grok, only an ameliorative human lifestyle is certain in the hands of AI.That too is contentious, as claimed by various professionals engaging with AI in the emerging tech-savvy world, be it in the sphere of healthcare, transport and logistics, customer service, education or building construction. Just like the flip sides of a coin, AI can transform into a boon or a bane quite easily subject to the extent of human dependence on it and the extent of control on it by human intelligence. However, apprehensions about AI have loomed in the minds of the human race since even before it or some form of it actually existed. This research paper aims at exploring the advantages and disadvantages of AI powered houses and their similarities and dissimilarities as presented in literature and virtual entertainment media over the years. The stories narrated in Ray Bradburys popular short stories, There Will Come Soft Rains and The Veldt, and the Disney movie Smart House, and a recent German Netflix Limited Series Cassandra, are discussed and compared for their representation of automated houses and the impending doom that they may pose for their owners, grounded in content and thematic analysis. The research paper propels intellectual nourishment in readers regarding optimal restrain limits on AI assistance in their everyday lives: the pole or antipode of it.