“I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous” (Wollstonecraft Shelley, 181, p. 90). In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s “The Modern Prometheus,” the Monster is true and honest with his creator—birthed into a world consumed by prejudice and fear. But was this creature a monster? Or did humans make him one? Even though Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley never gives the Monster a name, we know that he is the “Adam” of Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s labors. Miracles & Apprehensions Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the new Frankenstein’s Monster, but with respect to several societal changes. Like the Monster, AI has arrived in a world that wants its miracles but fears its consequences. The Monster turned out to be a good guy, forced to become evil—not by nature, but by circumstance. The better question, then, is not what AI is, but what we will make of it. We hear the term AI pretty much every day in our now futuristic world. However, there...