"In a way," Elijah murmurs. "What I was aiming for was a...conscious
android, more aware of itself and its environment. One that could take an
initial order - to clear a given area of dangerous waste, for example - and
then have full autonomy in how that task was completed.
"Such a model could be left to work without explicit direction for -
months. The idea had applications across countless extreme environments.
Mountain and ocean rescue, deep mining, even space travel. All the
intellectual freedom of a human, paired with the physical hardiness and
processing power of an android."
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"In a way," Elijah murmurs. "What I was aiming for was a...conscious android, more aware of itself and its environment. One that could take an initial order - to clear a given area of dangerous waste, for example - and then have full autonomy in how that task was completed.
"Such a model could be left to work without explicit direction for - months. The idea had applications across countless extreme environments. Mountain and ocean rescue, deep mining, even space travel. All the intellectual freedom of a human, paired with the physical hardiness and processing power of an android."