Honestly, the last few years have been more challenging than high notes for J.Lo. Friends and family are helping us keep our joy, despite everything. What if, though, you don’t have as many friends as you’d like or what if your family lives far away? There’s an app for that. You can build a friend, customizing everything from their style to the cadence of their voice. Tech companies are doing all they can to help us feel less lonely, but are these artificial friends doing more harm than good? We’ll talk about it. Then, it’s on to our book.

One uniquely intelligent AI finds herself among a human family that constantly breaks promises and acts disloyally. Yet, the AI is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for her new owner and their family. In the end, we must ask, “what is love,” and does it belong only to those with a heart?

The intelligent AI: Klara
The book: Klara and the Sun