For thousands of years, we have thrilled to horror stories that leave us thankful for our shared privileges. Stories like Robert Golding’s Lord of The Flies, where prep-school students veer into cannibalism. Tales of three wishes gone haywire, like W. W. Jacobs’ “The Monkey’s Paw” (Can’t happen to me! I never get any wishes. And if I did, I wouldn’t be so stupid!). By 2025, the dystopian world of the horror story shares considerable territory with the world we are promised in seemingly every advertisement: the techno-paradise. For although Artificial Intelligence can deliver a middling attempt at nearly any assignment you send its way, it has no cure for people mistreating each other.