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Madeline Ashby: vN (2012, Angry Robot, Distributed in the U.S. by Random House) 3 stars

"Amy Peterson is a von Neumann machine--a self-replicating humanoid robot. For the past five years, …

Review of 'vN' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Interesting take on artificial intelligence; what does a failsafe to always do what humans want mean when robots become truly sentient? The failsafe makes them love humans, it kills them when they see violence being done to humans.

Sentience is not freedom, Portia said. Real freedom is the ability to say no.