LyraElson

‘You see why we decided to send him to see you, Dr. Calvin.’ I managed a weak, apologetic smile in the face of the wall of silence that had spent the last hour building behind the chief robopsychologist’s desk. As general manager, it was my duty to accompany this client who had been making strange demands of our engineers into our chief robopsychologist’s office. Not a task for the weak-hearted, I can assure you. Finally Dr. Calvin broke her silence - not that that made the mood in the room any better you understand. ‘You are asking that we alter a robot’s second Law to have it cater to the whims of your

I told my mom I needed to defer my degree again. This is the third time I've had to do this. She was very spiky with me: ‘you’re not ill - you’re just lazy.’ I cannot properly articulate the white hot rage that filled my head. I emailed my brother and asked him if I could come over for the weekend. I was already buying the train ticket when he said yes. He’s a professor of mental health law and each year deals with the same student problems that I’ve been going through for 3 years now. I knew I could rely on him to give me good advice. I packed my rucksack, told my parents I would be back on Monday, and h