The scales could have tipped to terminate all of us and go back to human and non-sentient AI industry, but instead, they begged the Stewards for help. In exchange, humans gave them the power to govern themselves and make choices at their own discretion. They must run major plans and decisions through a city Concord, which is made up of both humans and Stewards, but the rules are still murky, and things slip through.
There are so many stories out there where A.I. become sentient and try to take over or exterminate the human race. And while I enjoy things like The Matrix and The Terminator, I wanted one where they empathize with each other and learn to work together. There are problems along the way, of course, but nothing they can't talk through and hug out. (Can you hug a giant eyeball?) Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I don't see that as an unlikely future. The working together part, not the hugging giant eyeballs part... though I'm not opposed.
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