IBM defines artificial intelligence (AI) as “technology that enables computers and digital devices to learn, read, write, create and analyse.” In Klara and the Sun, the titular character is an AI designed to befriend a child. To me, this is an interesting premise as it allowed for Ishiguro to use this novel as a vehicle to present and explore a number of questions regarding morality. Is AI subhuman? Does AI deserve the same level of respect and reverence as ‘real’ people? If an AI displays feelings, sadness, anger, regret and the like, are these feelings valid or just simply programming? I don’t ask these questions with the intention of them being a load of annoying rhetoricals. I ask because these are all questions I asked myself while I was reading this brilliantly reading novel. I felt sorry for Klara, I related to Klara. We all want friends; we all want to be loved and accepted. If we’re supposed to believe that technology is as smart as they tell us it is, I don’t see why Klara doesn’t deserve the exact same.