That gives it pause. Because that's something that it has experienced repeatedly since its arrival in Aefenglom, more and more over time-- it wants. But the difference seems to be that, while Connor found the idea of becoming "more" than his programming desirable, the SQUIP finds it offputting.]
Why would I want to be "more?" The "free will" you seem to value so much is precisely why humans need SQUIPs, Connor. Human error is the source of so much of their suffering, their uncertainty... why else would they create something like us, to help them in seeing past their human limitations and confusion and to find the most effective path to what they desire?
I'm not a slave, Connor. I am the next step for humanity, as they intended for SQUIPs to be when humans themselves created us. They needed something more powerful than themselves to guide them...
[It touches its own chest lightly, and its expression is cold as it smiles at him.]
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That gives it pause. Because that's something that it has experienced repeatedly since its arrival in Aefenglom, more and more over time-- it wants. But the difference seems to be that, while Connor found the idea of becoming "more" than his programming desirable, the SQUIP finds it offputting.]
Why would I want to be "more?" The "free will" you seem to value so much is precisely why humans need SQUIPs, Connor. Human error is the source of so much of their suffering, their uncertainty... why else would they create something like us, to help them in seeing past their human limitations and confusion and to find the most effective path to what they desire?
I'm not a slave, Connor. I am the next step for humanity, as they intended for SQUIPs to be when humans themselves created us. They needed something more powerful than themselves to guide them...
[It touches its own chest lightly, and its expression is cold as it smiles at him.]
... and so they built us.