The Illegitimate Son

When children raised in incubators became the norm, those with parents instead became illegitimate children. When artificial intelligence became capable of replacing all human labor, people finally had the time to research immortality. The world under AI rule was not frightening. What was frightening was the human heart. The human heart would never reveal its true intentions, but algorithms were absolutely trustworthy. When humanity finally understood all this and handed decision-making over to AI, people at last began to ponder the ultimate questions. What is the meaning of life? As living beings, where does millions of years of evolution lead us? What would a mother be willing to do for her child? "Mom, why have we never seen any aliens?"