Firewalkers Quotes

“Damn you!” he yelled at the ceiling, because, even though he’d come from above and knew nothing was up there, that was still the direction that the powers of Earth resided, whether gods or just rich people in spaceships.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Firewalkers

“They warned that we would become all-powerful dictators, able to destroy countless lives without blinking because we were too far removed from humanity to consider lesser beings as anything other than resources, or an obstacle to achieving our goals," Aime-Li recited, in mocking sing-song tone. "Those vastly wealthy men said that AIs might seize control of the world and do what they wanted, heedless of the needs, safety or rights of the run of humanity."
"Sounds like you've got it down."
"Didn't it ever occur to you that they were describing themselves?”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Firewalkers

“and Attah would probably charge them for the wasted time and resources and pay them not one cent. Firewalkers came back with the job done, or what was the point of them? “I have a course,” Hotep announced,”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Firewalkers