1. What do you think about a future where half of your friends don't even exist? 2. Will their gender matter? 3. Can we erase gender in the digital world? 4. Can A.l. become an active agent in fundamentally changing our views of gender? At a time when the new generation relies on social media for human interaction, texting and short video messaging, they are relying less on direct contact such as phone calls and face to face communication. This reality intersected with the evolution of A.I. characters as full-blown "people" is not farfetched.