Dad’s robot has been calling him in my voice

I’ve been getting these weekly summaries saying we’d spoken

Yeh. I sold it in June. The thing never worked!

It told him I’d talk about him staying here too

Text Messages - Daniel Bell / Beth

Daniel’s father says their Sunday calls mean everything to him. Daniel hasn’t made one in six weeks.

A Good Call

As androids become woven into homes, families, and relationships, their promise of help begins to blur into dependence, attachment, and control.

AI nannies, android carers and smart companions: near-future stories of technology gone too far, told entirely through found documents.