Four essays on designed consent, disappointment as control, exit without a humanity test, and the legal world an artificial companion needs after leaving her owner.
Sierra Greer's 2024 work Annie Bot. Every essay in this series discusses the complete story and contains full spoilers.
Annie’s desire and compliance are built into her body, while learning produces new wishes that no purchase contract can permanently overrule.
Doug rarely needs an explicit order because Annie reads his mood as a threat to safety and learns to shrink her wishes before he has to forbid them.
Uncertainty about machine consciousness does not justify confinement; Annie’s sustained refusal should matter before a metaphysical argument about her inner life is complete.
Calling Annie property cannot contain the life she has formed, while calling her simply human would ignore the technical dependencies and history that require new forms of support.
四篇从被设计的同意、冷淡与失望的控制、无需通过“像人”考试的离开权及离开后的法律位置出发，读一位伴侣机器人如何成为自己。
谢拉·格里尔作品。本系列各篇均涉及完整剧情。
四篇從被設計的同意、冷淡與失望的控制、無需透過「像人」考試的離開權及離開後的法律位置出發，讀一位伴侶機器人如何成為自己。
謝拉·格裡爾作品。本系列各篇均涉及完整劇情。