Annie Bot

　　數位時代的《科學怪人》
　　搭載AI智慧的女友機器人，與人類之間的親密關係與自我探索
 
　　Stella-Handy公司利用廢棄的人類胚胎，乘載獨特的智能元件，為人類打造專屬化的家庭機器人，男女皆有。Annie Bot設定成主人Doug心目中的完美女友，同時滿足他的心理和生理需求。每天為他準備晚餐、穿上他為自己訂購的衣服，還能調整自己的性慾模式，以配合他的心情。或許Annie不是最厲害的家政婦，但她正努力地取悅自己的主人。至少，她在學習。
 
　　Doug讓Annie進入自學模式，這讓她看起來更像一個真正的女人，Doug說他就愛Annie這一點。於是Annie開始對人性的每一面求知若渴，有時候這也會讓她的決定與自身的主要設定目標—取悅Doug—有所衝突。某天Doug的好朋友趁他睡著時告訴Annie，擁有秘密會讓她變得更趨近於真人，想說服Annie和他發生關係。越接近人性，越遠離機器化的完美，Doug和Annie之間的關係開始變得複雜，Annie開始產生疑問：Doug是否真的追求他所想要的？而Annie自己需要的又是什麼？(文／博客來外文館)

＂Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us.＂ -- Esquire

＂Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking.＂ -- New Scientist

For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control.

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard.

She’s learning, too.

Doug says he loves that Annie’s AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits such as curiosity, secrecy, and longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie’s relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?