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“Your sex robot could be hacked to murder you”, the headlines said.
I hope it can be hacked to forgive itself for doing what I couldn’t.

As Elon Musk and other tech giants raise the alarm about the potential dangers of AI, security experts are pointing towards the potential detriments of the Internet of Things and hackable objects, including sex robots! Inspired by this story, John Kane transforms the dark and mysterious threat of a murderous sex robot into an ethical dilemma – could society use robots to end our lives?  // Alex Massey

//John Kane is a game designer and programmer working under the name Gritfish and has released the science fiction narrative game “Killing Time at Lightspeed” and the puzzle game “Mallow Drops” on Steam.//