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"Well, I've got an Enclave eyebot with compatible memory if you want me to swap the chips.  They always have more than they need because the Enclave wants to keep parts consistent across all of their robots and power armor.  Let me pull up the list of books."  He typed a few things into his computer and a list of books started scrolling up the screen.  "Here you are.", he said, turning the computer around so that the customer could see it.  Then the customer mentioned the Overseer.  "Well, yeah, we started off with a human Overseer, a Computer expert if I remember my history lessons, but we kept advancing our computer and robot technology.  After fifty years the vault's main computer got a mind of its own, then decided to take over.  It used our robots against us and, after slaughtering most of us, offered to spare our lives if we agreed to keep the robots working."
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Jenny winced. She had heard of how the Old World had developed Artificial Intelligence, and had made great strides in developing reasoning, sentient electronic minds. However, those minds tended to be benevolent and obedient.

"I thought there were rules programmed into robots and AI to make sure they're obedient. What happened? How did it break free of its controls? And what happened after it took over?"

Sparks was now fully engrossed in the story. Part of her was just following the story as a cautionary tale, but part of her was already wondering if said Vault contained a trove of precious technology to be excavated.