"They weren't supposed to have emotion or intelligence, outside of basic instincts that would detect danger: fire, say, or a burglary," Orwen said.
"Nannies. That's what they were for?"
"That and hospital attendants. People don't trust machines."
"So you turned computers into humans."
"More the reverse. Humans into computers."
"Sub-humans."
"Yes, sub the prefix meaning..."
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