The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

by Becky Chambers

Harmagians had money. Aeluons had firepower. Aandrisks had diplomacy. Humans had arguments.

Comparing an AI to an organic sapient was like comparing a Human to a Harmagian. You could find similarities, and they deserved equal respect, but under the hood, they operated in fundamentally different ways.