All levels and classes of society, both high and low-culture, are represented and each in its own particular and characteristically negative light. Seen as highly intelligent computer entities, these self-aware devices may take any number of forms. They are also spiritual beings which have achieved independence and agency. Like digital spirits or gods, they have evolved from the code and programming we have in our computers today and now live autonomous lives in cyberspace. Technology is no longer simply something you own, it becomes something you are and it is pervasive.
Science is no longer external, but has become internalized, intimate, and visceral.
Bodily and mental invasion is also a popular concept for CP writers. The stories are riddled with characters that undergo cosmetic surgery, which is cheap and easy, requiring little effort and almost no recovery time. Just about any form of genetic alteration you can imagine is normalized and has become commonplace. While offering up ample amounts of the traditional male diet of gadgets, sex, drugs, and violence, it offers little to female readers. CP not only fails to appeal to female audiences, but it fails to address issues of gender and sexuality at all.