A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.

Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality.

An Internet terrorist bio-engineers a computer source code based on the DNA of a junkie, giving it the ability to mutate and infect computers all over the world as she struggles to destroy any genetic remains on the junkie.