Hi Eric,
My wife and I were just discussing the rise of machines and the resulting decline in human interaction in our society. It doesn't augur well for the future and without being a Luddite, which I am certainly not, I am honestly concerned about where this tracks going forward. It didn;t help that the two films we viewed this weekend on TV exploited the negative consequences of AI. Your novel might help raise consciousness about alternative ways of coping with these threats. I think that's one of the benefits of speculative fiction.