Chip volunteers to have a brain-computer interface implanted in his spinal cord by a nascent startup, only for the company to go bust and leave him stuck with obsolete technology intertwined with his biology.

In an alternate world where apps use human spies to generate suggested content, one data analyst struggles with matters of taste.

An unscrupulous corporation trains an AI-powered robotic unit to replace filmmakers, but things take a wrong turn when it watches too many slasher movies.