That doesn't bother Root. It's not like she has competing priorities -- no voice in her cochlear implant toning instructions, no amazing, gorgeous, blindingly unconventional badass woman to save -- and she only has assumptions about what she's doing here, so she might as well go all in and take her time. They're strong assumptions, admittedly. She's worked for the Machine (claimed her as her own) for years now and Root has begun to internalize what she would want of her.
She doesn't always do whatever that is, but she is conscientious when she doesn't, and she makes sure it's worth it.
Funnily enough, she's perfectly clear that the Machine's priorities in this case would be to preserve human life at the expense of androids. Harold had programmed her that way. But Harold hadn't anticipated any artificial intelligence gaining sentience, not even his own, and that's what's happening. Her dearest tribute to the Machine and the way she and Harry had saved her in life is obviously to usher in a new era here after her death.
For that, she can give however much time she has left. Besides -- sentient androids is delightful. If this is the afterlife, it may as well be a reward for her.
By the time she encounters Connor, it's purposefully, deliberately arranged. The level of technology here is close to what she's used to, and it hadn't taken long to get herself set up with a false identity, an illicit criminal business, a bank account and a decent computer. Hacking Detroit PD was a little different than what she was used to at home, but she adjusted quickly.
RK800 is a unique prototype model using the name Connor, explicitly created and programmed to clean up Cyberlife's messes for them. (That part wasn't in police files; she'd put it together herself using reasoning and experience with corporate mega-entities. Root hasn't dared to try hacking into Cyberlife itself just yet, but it's on her list.) Deviancy is such a classically human concept applied to machines who, really, don't need to be burdened with human concepts at all. It's no wonder androids, as they gain sentience, are starting to commit crimes. It's only deviant insomuch as it ruins Cyberlife's plans for market domination.
But this does seem like the way in, the place to start inserting herself into what's happening. Detroit is ground zero for the slowly burgeoning android uprising, and Root wants in. She knows she can be valuable. And if she can't find them herself, latching onto the android investigator who's in hot pursuit is the next best thing. ]
I don't know, [ she says, fretting, hair a mess and scrapes across her cheek that she'd given herself. Root's eyes are wide with innocent distress, hands curled into knots on top of the table in the interrogation room. She's Rosalind Carson, victim of assault from an android gone deviant and now missing. ]
It was like it all came out of nowhere. If you find him, you're not going to hurt him, are you? [ She chews at her lip, torn. ] He was really... I mean, he was kind of the only family I had for a while.
[ She'd picked her tactic here in advance: how would RK800, Connor, hold up to a human who openly accepted an android's personhood, even after they attacked her? ]
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That doesn't bother Root. It's not like she has competing priorities -- no voice in her cochlear implant toning instructions, no amazing, gorgeous, blindingly unconventional badass woman to save -- and she only has assumptions about what she's doing here, so she might as well go all in and take her time. They're strong assumptions, admittedly. She's worked for the Machine (claimed her as her own) for years now and Root has begun to internalize what she would want of her.
She doesn't always do whatever that is, but she is conscientious when she doesn't, and she makes sure it's worth it.
Funnily enough, she's perfectly clear that the Machine's priorities in this case would be to preserve human life at the expense of androids. Harold had programmed her that way. But Harold hadn't anticipated any artificial intelligence gaining sentience, not even his own, and that's what's happening. Her dearest tribute to the Machine and the way she and Harry had saved her in life is obviously to usher in a new era here after her death.
For that, she can give however much time she has left. Besides -- sentient androids is delightful. If this is the afterlife, it may as well be a reward for her.
By the time she encounters Connor, it's purposefully, deliberately arranged. The level of technology here is close to what she's used to, and it hadn't taken long to get herself set up with a false identity, an illicit criminal business, a bank account and a decent computer. Hacking Detroit PD was a little different than what she was used to at home, but she adjusted quickly.
RK800 is a unique prototype model using the name Connor, explicitly created and programmed to clean up Cyberlife's messes for them. (That part wasn't in police files; she'd put it together herself using reasoning and experience with corporate mega-entities. Root hasn't dared to try hacking into Cyberlife itself just yet, but it's on her list.) Deviancy is such a classically human concept applied to machines who, really, don't need to be burdened with human concepts at all. It's no wonder androids, as they gain sentience, are starting to commit crimes. It's only deviant insomuch as it ruins Cyberlife's plans for market domination.
But this does seem like the way in, the place to start inserting herself into what's happening. Detroit is ground zero for the slowly burgeoning android uprising, and Root wants in. She knows she can be valuable. And if she can't find them herself, latching onto the android investigator who's in hot pursuit is the next best thing. ]
I don't know, [ she says, fretting, hair a mess and scrapes across her cheek that she'd given herself. Root's eyes are wide with innocent distress, hands curled into knots on top of the table in the interrogation room. She's Rosalind Carson, victim of assault from an android gone deviant and now missing. ]
It was like it all came out of nowhere. If you find him, you're not going to hurt him, are you? [ She chews at her lip, torn. ] He was really... I mean, he was kind of the only family I had for a while.
[ She'd picked her tactic here in advance: how would RK800, Connor, hold up to a human who openly accepted an android's personhood, even after they attacked her? ]