We’ve Always Feared New Technology… AI Is Just the Latest Monster
Here’s something we don’t talk about enough: people have been terrified of new technology since the beginning of civilization. Every generation thinks the next invention is going to ruin humanity, culture, creativity, or the world as we know it.
People were afraid of the wheel.
People were afraid of writing.
People were afraid of the printing press.
People were afraid of the radio.
People were afraid of television.
People were afraid of the internet.
And now?
People are afraid of AI.
But the pattern hasn’t changed, we fear new tech not because it’s evil, but because humans hate uncertainty. We confuse “unfamiliar” with “dangerous.” It’s a survival instinct, not logic.
AI is just the newest chapter in that very old story.
Will some people misuse it? Absolutely.
Will it replace human imagination? Not even close.
Will it change the way we work and create? Yes, but the same way Photoshop changed photography, or word processors changed writing.
AI is a tool.
Not a replacement.
Not a shortcut for soul or vision or lived experience.
When someone uses AI to enhance what they’re already good at, (writing, editing, brainstorming, designing), it becomes a creative amplifier. It makes the boring parts take less time so the fun parts can take more.
Tools don’t erase creativity.
Tools expand it.
And history has proven it over and over again. Every time humanity invented something new, the world didn’t fall apart, it got bigger.
AI isn’t the death of creativity.
It’s the evolution of it.
In Conclusion
AI isn’t some new boogeyman, it’s just the latest chapter in humanity’s long tradition of panicking every time technology evolves. And if you need proof that this paranoia is already in the air, baked right into the zeitgeist, here’s a list of recent AI horror movies that tap directly into those fears.
Beware: these movies are still unreviewed here on HorrorDork. Watch at your own risk.
Recent AI-Themed Horror Movies
1. M3GAN (2022)
A lifelike AI doll becomes obsessively protective — and violently independent.
2. The Artifice Girl (2022)
An AI child program evolves far beyond what its creators intended.
3. Afraid (2024)
A home-assistant AI inserts itself into every corner of a family’s life.
4. Project Dorothy (2024)
Two fugitives hide in a remote facility controlled by a hostile legacy super-AI.
5. Baby Invasion (2024)
Home-invasion horror using AI-generated faces for every intruder — uncanny and surreal.
6. A.I. Tales (2021)
Anthology exploring dystopian near-future machine anxieties.
7. Algorithm: Bliss (2020)
A programmer creates emotion-predicting AI that spirals into obsession.
8. T.I.M. (2023)
A domestic assistant AI becomes dangerously possessive.
9. Upgrade (2018)
Not new, but hugely influential: body-hijacking sci-fi horror driven by implanted AI.
10. Archive (2020)
A scientist tries recreating his dead wife through humanoid AI — with consequences.
11. The Columnist: AI Cut (2022)
A darkly satirical take where an AI starts eliminating online trolls.
12. Mother/Android (2021)
AI helpers revolt and trigger a machine-led apocalypse.
13. Tau (2018)
A woman is trapped inside a smart house run by a jealous, emotional AI.
14. Viral AI Horror Shorts (2023–2025)
A booming wave of YouTube horror shorts using AI creatures, avatars, and corrupted models.
15. The Creator (2023) (horror adjacent)
A sweeping sci-fi where AI evolves into something terrifyingly powerful.