I'm not sure why I listened to this book. I read a murderbot novella and was not terribly engaged. The ideas seem to have some potential, but the execution is just not there. The narrator is a "murderbot". It knows it is a robot, but it is also very human. But it isn't human (as it will even acknowledge when it looks at the true meaning of expletives.) They are on a space mission. Stuff happens. Going rogue help people and the mission. Just wasn't my thing.
All Systems Red is told primarily from a the view of a Murderbot. This "bot" was tasked with security detail on an exploration mission. However, the bot manages to remove its "governor" module, giving it the ability to "freely react", rather than be fully obedient to rules. The mission eventually runs into conflict and the bot is able to help plan an escape. The bot becomes endured to the humans who purchase its freedom.
The book explores a world where "bots" take over many of the lower-caste work in society. They are part human, part machine, yet treated as property. They also have limited rights and responsibility. On the other side, there are "augmented humans" that are "high class". It poses some interesting exploration of consequences of a human-machine singularity.
