Need a Worm crossover here.
(Seriously. Drop an EY avatar into Worm. Shards of vastly greater applied intelligence than humans, but with questionable self-awareness. What does this do to the AI goal? Edit: and, of course, the nicest character in the whole saga being an actually friendly AI.)
This comments' parenthetical was at least 10x more valuable to me as the OP
"If you give George Lukács any taste at all, immediately become the Deathstar." — Old Klingon Proverb
(To be fair, the author was drunk.)
Next chapter: "Analyzing the Fuck out of an Owl"
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Criticism appreciated.