Village Shepherd

In Mary Shelley's famous horror story of "Frankenstein", the mad scientist creates a robot-like creature with intelligence, who turns out to be terrifyingly amoral and wreaks havoc amongst human beings. When "Frankenstein" was written in the 19th century, although horrific, it was sheer fantasy. But now, a century and a half later when we actually have intelligent machines, it begins to look much more feasible and so in a way, much more threatening. Perhaps machines could eventually take over the world!