Pam Wisniewski’s digital adolescence showed her the best and the worst of the internet. At 14, she left an abusive home, where she’d been isolated in a fifth-wheel trailer at the end of a seven-mile dirt road. She moved in with her older sister and taught herself to type on AOL Instant Messenger. Online, she…
When a developer creates an AI agent designed to catch online predators, it seems like a noble breakthrough. But how “human” does this digital entity actually become? And what does her existence mean for humanity as a whole?
