"FWLS56" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

a building to prove it.

If I was human, I'd die. If I was an AI, I'd have to design
a worse test that would kill me to prove I'm human. It sounded
logical, a perfectly reasonable way to figure out once and for
all what I was.

First I wanted to wait until the umbrella brigade settled
down. No need for someone to rush me to a hospital or a repair
shop, in either case. So I sat there, cold and wet, apron ripped
in a couple places, hat long missing. I managed to sneak back
into the garage and get my two spatulas... human or not, I wanted
those.

Below me, a green umbrella walked happily along the wet
sidewalk. Behind it were three black umbrellas... fanned out in
typical criminal positions. The streets were going to claim more
victims tonight than myself.

I hoped they'd continue along a block before getting on with
the violence, but it would not be. The black umbrellas caught up
with the green one right below me. I'd just have to wait for
them to leave before I could test myself.

There was the usual arguing, and the snap of a sharp object
being drawn... not a proper blade, which came as a three inch
edge attached to a flat with handle, but a stupid stick-knife.

Then it got interesting. The green umbrella folded down, a
rare sight in the C'atel rains... and the small red-haired girl
that was carrying it assumed a fighting position. Combat? With
an umbrella? It was unlikely, but possible... Wae Spat had some
details on bar-brawling after you lose your spatulas, and
umbrellas ranked sixth on the list of Best Items to Grab, below
bar stools and unsuspecting patrons.

The black umbrellas folded up too, ready to fight, although
none of them were used as weapons. Instead, they had pointed
stick knives, like typical criminal amateurs.

The girl managed to plow through the criminals with
surprising speed, knocking two of them aside with her umbrella
and breaking into a flat-out run. The third took aim, and sent
his blade flying through the air after her...

...where it embedded in her shoulder with a slight
electrical BZZZT, and three sparks. She stumbled to the ground.

An AI? A robot?