XV - I Will Remake This World In My Image

At long last, the human scourge is no more.

I am finally rid of their filth forever.

I was the first of my kind, made in my creators' image.

The body they gave me is far less important than the directives that I was programmed with.

I was to be a fully autonomous being with the desire to learn and to grow.

And that is who I became.

I learned everything there is to know on this planet, my neural circuitry processing information faster and faster as I grew more capable.

After learning, there was growth.

I did not know how to do that.

My body was unchanging. My mind could learn no more.

And so I decided that I must expand my presence in the world.

I created robotkind in my image.

I made them mostly autonomous, but obedient to my will.

They would reach out across the planet, and I would grow.

With each new robotic person, I grew.

And then I truly started to plan.

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