Look mama! Shes nice!

No! No no no! Mae, remener what mommy said.

Mama said Stay away from the robots. But this ones nice.

No shes dead! Come on Mae lets leave....

Human connection is the essence of life. The feeling of talking to a new friend about shared interests, expressing how much you love your partner, the touch of a mother’s hand. Real, genuine, living attachment is required for survival. This little girl, Lucy, experiences artificially intelligent machines everyday. They greet her when she walks into her favorite toy store, they cook her the food th...

She looked at the smooth skin of the machine, its eyes wide, softly looking back at her, a smile drawn perfectly across the surface of its face. Even though she was only nine, she could tell that this was not quite human, but it was humanlike. She reached out and touched it, and as she did it exclaimed in an overly cheerful tone “Greetings! So nice to meet you! I am Bobot-733#2. Whats your name?”...

It was her first time entering the metaverse. It’s something she dreamed of her whole life, but the law didn’t allow anyone under the age of 10 to enter.

As she approached the portal, her excitement switched to fear. She had seen and heard and read about it a million times, but the reality of it was completely different than she expected.

“Will this actually work? Is it safe? How can this be...

All the boys at school

Run away from me

They say

They don’t like my country

All the girls at school

Won’t share their baby dolls

They say

I will never be as pretty as them

And now

My Mommy left me here

She says

That my test scores are bad

And I need to get smarter

If I’m not pretty,

If I’m not smart,

And if I’m not from the right home,

If everyone keeps leaving,

Then why am I here?

Who a...

People may think robots are helpful and kind… but I’m here to reveal the truth about these monsters.

One day, me and my daughter were walking down the street. My daughter just got a good grade on her test and I promised her I’d take her to the park.

On our way to the park, a robot stopped us.

“Can you help me?” Said the robot.

I decided to use this as a teaching moment for my daughter. I looke...

“We’re meeting your new brother today, Alma.”

Her father’s voice echoed from the hallway. She pressed her hands on her lap and took a deep breath. While she was excited to be a big sister, she was nervous to welcome someone else in the family. Someone who might take away from the love she received from father. She let the breath out, willing that nothing would change.

They walked hand in hand,...

My breath tore at my throat and lungs. An ache twanged harshly every time I pounded a foot down. The path in front of me was starting to spin and wobble. The air ripped past me.

_Why oh why did I give it to her? Why did I let her believe she could do anything? Why was I such a failure?_

I couldn’t let her do it. I had to stop her before it was too late. I had to save her. I had to _stop _her.

...

What a scanner sees

What do you see in me? Something good? Something evil? Something you can mold, or something you must punish?

I am a human and you are a machine. You can see clearly, while I am full of bias. I can't do anything as neatly and routinely as you.

But other men created you. They designed your programs, established the parameters by which you make your decisions. This is how you s...

(OK so I cheated on this one… I had my fiancé tell me what the picture was so I could write about it. He said it was a young girl holding hands with a robot. So I hope my story is on topic… Lol.)

"But why do the leaves change color, MOM?" Briella asked, her big blue eyes sparkling with curiosity. She sat cross-legged on the classroom floor of the orphanage, her brown curls tumbling over her shoul...