[ Being able to observe an entire city from the network... That certainly did sound handy. Alter Ego felt a strong inclination towards what Pulse was saying about that, and it made sense to feel that way. To want to protect everybody...

What he said afterwards also struck a chord. It was strange, that Alter Ego was just thinking about that topic and suddenly Pulse brought it up. AE nods and looks at the computers in the room, one by one, just as an idle gesture. ]

I thought about this a little, myself. Some AIs... They're made to perform simple tasks, so they are given very little capability in the realm of human likeness. Maybe that is why... Why she's being called "defective", only it's by human standards.

[ Alter Ego still didn't know what sort of AI Vivian was supposed to be, but there were endless possibilities. AIs came in many different forms and for many different purposes, and many AIs didn't come with a set of perfect human empathetic skills. It was harder than it seemed, to find an AI with a human core that other people could relate to. ]

What kind of rights do you think AIs should have, Pulse? Sorry if that's a strange question... I'm just not sure, myself.