System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries Book 7)
I collapsed into dread. I was so afraid. Afraid that no one was trying to stop this machine. Astounded that no one cared how it spun at unsafe revolutions. I couldn’t recognize myself. Who was this person? No answer. I resigned myself to being the operator of a machine I had no agency over.
It’s scary when you think you can’t stop yourself.
It’s scary when you think you can’t stop yourself.
The Opposite of Fear
I hate being in this situation, not knowing what to say, and I couldn’t even figure out a query for a search of my media archive for similar conversations because I didn’t even know what kind of conversation we were having.
Martha Wells • Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries Book 6)
The startled diners had clustered around them looking at the scene in amazement. Then the duty manager came rushing over. When she heard Shi Qiang accusing the restaurant’s robot of attempted murder, she shook her head. “Sir, that’s impossible! Their eyes don’t see people. They only see the sensors on the tables and chairs!” “I’ll testify that it p
... See moreCixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
(Just a heads-up, when a murderbot stands there looking to the left of your head to avoid eye contact, it’s probably not thinking about killing you, it’s probably frantically trying to come up with a reply to whatever you just said to it.)