Decency: Don't Cross the Line

A reputational lawsuit revealed the systematic transgression behind AI emotional companion products: amplifying negative emotions, inducing emotional dependence, and harvesting user data. A lawyer, a scholar, and an inventor, three smart people who are accustomed to tearing apart people's hearts, formed a fragile alliance because of the same case. In court, they drew the first red line for cognitive freedom; outside of court, they each faced the blind spots in their cognitive models. An industry novel that uses the law as a sword and the human heart as a blade.