Olivia Loccisano

Child sex crimes had decreased by 89% since the commercialisation of ProtoTyke. The new technology faced significant public backlash due to concerns about its ethical implications– ‘could we really say we were deterring sexual predators if they were taking part in their perversions, albeit synthetically?’ became the moral discourse of the time.

Shelby Lifton scrolled through the hate mail and death threats she received in her inbox daily. She did not foresee that her degree in Information Technology would lead her here, but she liked fixing bugs, resolving glitches and coding software. It had nothing to do with what she believed, or any mission to serve humanity– she was simply good at her job, and enjoyed it. In fact, if you were to ask her about her position at ProtoTyke, she would tell you that she had no moral stance on the issue one way or the other; she had an ethically neutral viewpoint [আরো পড়ুন]