“We are in a huge technological frontierlike never before in the history of humanity,” warned the Spanish writer this Thursday about artificial intelligence (AI). Rosa MonteroAuthor of the series of dystopian novels by Bruna Huskywhose latest edition was presented at the Mexican International Book Fair (FIL) in Guadalajara.
His latest novel difficult animalstakes place in Madrid in 2111explores themes of identity and the meaning of life, but uses AI as a central element of the plot, revealing the dangers of a technology that is evolving at a rate that surpasses fiction.
“There has been no technology with the power of artificial intelligence or comparable to anything. So the possibilities are gigantic. Give time for time, I tell you, Artificial intelligence will ultimately create Shakespeare’s works“, warned the Madrid native in an interview.
hunter concluded that the main risk of AI lies in its impact on the creative process or in job losses, as she believes there could be solutions to offset these impacts, such as universal wages.
For the prose writer The risks are deeper and are related to the manipulation of the population from the companies that control AI, as there are currently no measures to protect the human mind in the face of advances in neuroscience and technology.
“Really We are already being manipulated “It’s already happening because of these gentlemen who control artificial intelligence, these great AI bosses, who are undemocratic people who can do this brutal manipulation to us,” he reflected.
In her work of dystopian fiction, the journalist has also taken some of the events and processes that appear in her novels a step further They are fiction, but now, in mid-2025, they have become reality.
in the novel Tears in the rain Published in 2011, Montero describes how the techno-human protagonist Bruna Husky is doing an artifact called a psychomachine, similar to how artificial intelligence works.
In the third part of the saga The times of hate2018, The central problem is a massive power outage in Spain and Portugalan event that became a reality last April for Spain and part of the Iberian Peninsula.
“Who can predict that, right? But it’s in the air, it’s there. I start from what’s real, everything in my novels starts from things that are already developed, but from real things,” he explained with a bit of humor.
The author has confirmed that difficult animals It is the final point in the dystopian novel series with which she wanted to build her own world, motivated by her interest in science and what happens in the human brain.
“When I started writing this, what I I wanted to build my own world. I think all writers are tempted to write, to build a world for themselves, because that’s where the game becomes much bigger,” he said.
In the style of other film sagas, Montero returned to a specific moment in the protagonist’s history to create the stories.
“In all of Bruna’s novels I’ve talked a lot about the two years she had to spend in the military working on the mining exoplanets for the company that built them, but that was never told For example, I would like to tell you about young Bruna“, he stepped forward.
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