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Re:Banned by the Publisher by Zikes on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:43PM (#11076763)
You do realize that the AI represents the villain in this story, right? Villains aren't exactly known for being reasonable, civil, or even rational.
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Re:Banned by the Publisher by tedks on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:54PM (#11076845)
But a reasonable, empathetic villain:

>I wanted the readers to empathize, as best they could, with our future Robot overlords

So yes, this is intended to be something the reader identifies with.

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