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.)

You’re stalling, ART-drone said. I am not. I can stand here and be useless without any ulterior motives, thanks.

(I asked because the humans would bug me for the information; I was as indifferent to human gender as it was possible to be without being unconscious.)

Yeah, I’ll just code a patch to stop feeling anxiety, wow, why didn’t I think of that earlier.