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** The EU also hints that there was at least one droid revolution, which is scantily detailed.
** In the [[All There in the Manual]] material, it's a [[Shrug of God]] whether or not droids have souls in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe. It states that in-universe, there's people believing both that some droids are self aware and their treatment is akin to slavery, and others that believe this trope. There is no definite answer over who is right and who is wrong.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150901121136/http://www.webscription.net/10.1125/Baen/1011250014/1011250014.htm The Gulf Between]'' by Tom Godwin gives a reason for this, as listed under [[Nightmare Fuel]]: "{{spoiler|A machine does not ''care''.}}"
* Opinion of AI in [[Ken MacLeod]]'s ''[[Fall Revolution]]'' series tends to be divided. Truly synthetic intelligences and human uploads are often considered to be "flatlines"; a realistic simulation of a sentience but nothing going on beneath the surface. They tend to be classed as property rather than individuals. The Fast Folk, an AI and upload civilisation, are treated as horrifyingly dangerous but still "people", in a sense.
* In ''[[Animorphs]]'', this is the Drode's excuse for setting the self-destruct timer on the Chee when he's not supposed to kill any sentient beings; according to him, they don't count, as they're merely "machines".
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