Changeling

“And are your men sober and clean-living?” the woman demanded. “Whenever no alternative presents itself, ma’am,” said Vimes.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“So who the hell is it who gets to name God? Or did it name itself? Wait, is this the computer that they built to say whether there’s a God or not and when they turn it on it tells them that now there is? Because, great idea for a story, sure, but history is full of people saying they’re God, and in retrospect they were all liars.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Service Model

“...what if, even as you replace everyone with robots that are cheaper and quicker and less likely to join a union or complain about working conditions, you also continue to insist that individual value is tied to production, and everyone who’s idle is a parasite scrounging off the state? Take away the ability of people to perform their own tasks and duties with no steps to provide for them when they are rendered obsolete. A growing rump of humans without function, livelihood, or resource. Paradoxically, the introduction of robots highlights how humans treat humans.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Service Model

“I mean the world is screwed, like we discussed, as evidence for which I present Exhibit A: the entire world.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Service Model