System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

by Martha Wells

(I know I get pissed off when humans don’t acknowledge my work, but why is too much acknowledgment also upsetting? Sentience sucks.)

Of course ART said, I am not a corporation. “Stop, stop it. This isn’t you talking, this is just your…” Yeah, I’d walked into that one, too. My certification in advanced trauma protocol? it said. Of course, that can’t possibly be useful in this situation. I said, “That’s for humans.” Yes, conversational trap, snapping shut. ART said, This affects the part of you that is human. I said, “I’m not talking to you anymore.”