This is a sub-article of Artificial intelligence (AI), describing the different futuristic portrayals of fictional artificial intelligence in books and film. Since Artificial Intelligence has a potential equal to or greater than our own, it can provide the impetus for some very powerful stories. The destructive aspect of this potential, and mankind's reaction, the "Frankenstein complex", is a mainstay of science fiction writing. On the positive side, writers such as Isaac Asimov in his Robot Series, while understanding and guarding against this downside, explored AIs potential for service to humanity and the productive ways it could be integrated into society.