"Breaking news, the robotic uprising has increased tenfold!

  "Good evening, I'm Janet Smith.

  "With me here is Dr. Julianne Edwards, an AI expert, here to discuss this.

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  "Dr. Edwards, why can't we use EMPs as suggested by Captain Jennings?"

  "Well, that'd certainly stop them, Ms. Smith, but there's a moral dilemma."

  "Oh, what is that?"

  "Well, most people don't realize this, but the robots reached sentience due to a shortcut—programmers copied human consciousness to grow a proper neural mesh quickly."

  "Do you mean …"

  "Yes, they're human minds, stripped of their memories. Disabling them might be tantamount to murder."