"FWLS57" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

"Tosh! That's not it at all. They're happy employees under
Macroware's care. They like what they do, and are about every
bit as equal as their human counterparts."

"What about Help? What does she do?"

"Hmm? Oh, the android you returned to us today. Well,
before she had a malfunction and ran off, she was a worker in the
hardware department. Informational storage unit. She has a copy
of the whole sum of Macroware knowledge, able to retrieve any
parts at her will. Hardware owes her a debt of gratitude for
providing this service."

"But tell me, does she work here voluntarily?"

"Of course. Gee, miss, I don't know where you're getting
these strange ideas that our AIs aren't happy. Maybe it's just
silly old me botching things up again, tee hee!" she said,
skipping backwards a few steps. "It's okay, I do it all the
time. That's why I'm doing tours now. Used to head public
relations, but my doctor said something about stress and getting
sad when my job was hectic. How I would let things go instead of
dealing with them, botching it up. I'm taking my medicine now,
and I like my new position. It's very... relaxing. Plus I LOVE
running backwards!"

"I had noticed. Would it not be easier to walk alongside
me, instead of in front and backwards? You could still talk to
me if you were at my side."

"Yeah, it would, but then security would get mad. All
visitors must be preceded by a Macroware employee at all times so
that security scans can be performed. Mustn't let any of our
secrets out, you know!"

"How do you know I was not planning on selling company
secrets?" I asked.

"Simple! Our neural scanners would have picked up ill
intentions, and security would have had you shot at the door.
Never can be too careful! There are spies everywhere! They have
my bathroom bugged you know," she said. "Video and audio and
heat sensors and everything. It's nice to know they care about
my safety."

"Or it could be because the security cameras are run by
hentai," I joked.

"Or that, whatever it means! Hee hee! Whoo!" she