A government sponsored project designed to further AI and robotics research goes better than expected.  Or worse.

"God’s busy. Can I help you?" When you pray, it’s not only God who hears you. Asmodeus, the youngest Prince of Hell, hears you very clearly.  And he’s willing to help you... at a price.

Humanity hits a new nadir when a law passes that allows adults to abort their own lives, while a death director is asked to end someone he once knew.