Sonny and Akika’s joy at the arrival of their first child, Tōru, quickly fades when the doctor delivers the unthinkable news. Yet Tōru isn’t Sonny’s only new creation – he’s also developing an artificial superintelligence that could be the key to saving their son. As Sonny’s despair grows deeper, so does the AI’s power, along with the threat it poses to all of humanity. Balancing science fiction and emotional family drama, Electric Child reveals what is truly at stake when it comes to the ethics of artificial intelligence.