Stones of farspeech; within a day of the intro log

[conscientiousobject]

This is very sudden, and perhaps badly timed, for which I apologise.

[He really hopes he's not wasting the time of people trapped in rockslides or something, but--well, he would also hope someone trapped in a rock slide would be focusing on that and not. This.]

But I've just... returned to this place after a long absence and I've been informed there are other robots here now?

Is this true?

My name is Epsilon, and I am--was? Am. A robot myself.

So if anyone who can hear me has any kind of AI, or a similar form of existence... at your convenience, I'd like to speak with you! It's been a long time since I've known any others.

.... also, if you do need help, Ginko and I are able to move a great deal of earth between us, so please say something.

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[forwearemany]

(They chatter.)

Was the ability to experience hatred intentionally incorporated into synthetic design?

[conscientiousobject]

....

[Epsilon is quiet for long enough that it might be mistaken for ignoring Legion. But he's quiet out of mourning, out of pain and fear and sadness.]

As humans created robots more and more like themselves, it was inevitable that robots with the ability to feel such things emerged.

But the closer humans and robots became, the more terrible the situation would become... they created AI that could no longer be predicted. Robots that could no longer be restricted by their programming, robots that could even kill humans--that could no longer be prevented from such actions.

And who had the motivation to do so.

[forwearemany]

You are against self determination for synthetic beings?

(Their voice doesn't have much expression, but there's a raise in volume that might be anger, and a slight raise in pitch that might be confusion. It's hard to tell whether the sentiment is more "what the fuck" or "fuck you", but the disagreement, at least, is obvious.)