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           Listen,Dix,andgimmethebenefitofyourbackground,okay?ArmitageseemstobesettinguparunonanAIthatbelongstoTessier-Ashpool.Themainframe’sinBerne,butit’slinkedwithanotheroneinRio.TheoneinRioistheonethatflatlinedyou,thatfirsttime.SoitlooksliketheylinkviaStraylight,theT-Ahomebase,downtheendofthespindle,andwe’resupposedtocutourwayinwiththeChineseicebreaker.SoifWintermute’sbackingthewholeshow,it’spayingustoburnit.It’sburningitself.AndsomethingthatcallsitselfWintermuteistryingtogetonmygoodside,getmetomaybeshaftArmitage.Whatgoes?’

           `Motive,’theconstructsaid.`Realmotiveproblem,withanAI.Nothuman,see?’

           `Well,yeah,obviously.’

           `Nope.Imean,it’snothuman.Andyoucan’tgetahandleonit.Me,I’mnothumaneither,butIrespondlikeone.See?’

           `Waitasec,’Casesaid.`Areyousentient,ornot?’

           `Well,itfeelslikeIam,kid,butI’mreallyjustabunchofROM.It’soneofthem,ah,philosophicalquestions,Iguess...’TheuglylaughtersensationrattleddownCase’sspine.`ButIain’tlikelytowriteyounopoem,ifyoufollowme.YourAI,itjustmight.Butitain’tnowayhuman.’

           `Soyoufigurewecan’tgetontoitsmotive?’

           `Itownitself?’

           `Swisscitizen,butT-Aownthebasicsoftwareandthemainframe.