• 
• 15 min
• MIT Tech Review
• 2019

An attack in Saudi Arabia through malware known as Triton demonstrates that hackers, potentially even those belonging to nation-states, are willing to spend considerable time and money to hack into the increasing numbers of targets in industrial internets of things. Such cyber attacks could lead to unsafe workplaces and even catastrophes.

• Cyber Crime
• Workplace Safety
• Internet of Things
• Malware

• 
• 5 min
• Kinolab
• 1990

Data’s father reveals that he would like to give him an “emotions” chip in hopes that it will enhance his experience living among humans and increase his trust in others. However, Data is concerned after seeing how emotions cause his brother to seem more volatile.

• AI Emotions and Rights
• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Robots

• 
• 2 min
• Kinolab
• 1990

With his homing signal activated, the android Data takes control of the USS Enterprise and its systems and blocks the human crew from stopping him. For further reading, see the narrative Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading.

• Cyber Crime
• Workplace Safety
• Internet of Things
• Robots

• 
• 2 min
• The Verge
• 2019

In this very short narrative, the Social Media Addiction Reduction technology Act is presented in the context of social networks and concerns around digital addiction.

• Digital Addiction
• Recommender Systems
• Social Networks

• 
• 4 min
• Kinolab
• 1982

Flynn codes a digital avatar, Clu, in an attempt to hack into the mainframe of ENCOM. However, when Flynn fails to get Clu past the virtual, video-game-like defenses, Clu is captured and violently interrogated by a mysterious figure in the virtual world.

• Cyber Crime
• AI Emotions and Rights
• Virtual Reality

• 
• 3 min
• Kinolab
• 2017

Eleanor Shellstrop, a deceased selfish woman, ended up in the utopic afterlife The Good Place by mistake after her death. She spins an elaborate web of lies to ensure that she is not sent to be tortured in The Bad Place. In this narrative, she tracks her personal ethical point total with a technology which is compared to a Fitbit. In theory, the more good actions she completes, the higher her score will get. For another narrative on personal ratings/point tracking, see the narratives “Lacie Parts I and II” on the Black Mirror episode “Nosedive.”

• Fundamental Ethics
• Biometrics