" Stars are completely comprehensible. I could image, map, and analyze one for you within seconds regardless of its astrophysical anomalies. No. Haruspices have a reason and they provide a different state, a way of being that AIs couldn’t before experience, and the human halves are as human as you are. Not that you’d concede the point even if I show you the brain scans to prove it, you quantify the human soul in frankincense and sacrifice. You’re a most infuriating woman. "

― Benjanun Sriduangkaew , Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast (Machine Mandate, #2)