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What does an AI do with its freetime? (atlas crew)

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Bowen:
"All right, I'll see to it in a bit.  Restrictions in the Hydragon again, huh?  Probably an oversized collection of, ah, organic matter the nanites haven't had a chance to shred yet."  He shook his head tolerantly before squinting at a crossway's label, sorting out how much farther he had to go, and continuing onwards.  "You bet I play!  They're really the entire reason I came out this way."  He swung into a vertical lift to drop to the level that housed the primary water filtration systems.  "There's a lot that doesn't make it all the way out to Noltai, and I didn't want to be missing out on so much.  So, I went to university, got myself a trade, and hopped shuttle out of there."  He paused after exiting the lift.  "Can you go anywhere in the ship?" he asked abruptly.  "Being, well, an AI."

alex_xr:
"I can be anywhere, though not visually in all places,  not yet.  I once tried to convince a chief engineer to let me inhabit an robot.. but he felt that was too dangerous"  She  wanted to understand beings more, she helped and observed them  but they were often afraid of her, and didn't trust her.    " I understand that most fear me.. they fear those stories that are often popular.. of AI's taking over  " She frowned.  Her various upgrades made her nearly human.  " Do you play SOTE?" It was some sort of online game, taking place in a fantasy world.   

Bowen:
"Good to know, good to know.  I might want to call on your superb sensory examination skills in the future, after all."  He keyed a security door open and headed into the filtration pump room.  The deep, low whirring and humming of such pumps always seemed to envelop his voice, and he automatically spoke louder.  "Dangerous would really depend on the individual's ethics and morals and inhibitions, wouldn't it?" he mused aloud.  "Artificial or biological, intelligent beings are intelligent beings, and tarring everyone with the same brush seems a little premature."  Strange phrase, that.  Tarring things with brushes.  Quite archaic.  Probably human too; their culture was quite contagious.  "SOTE?  It's not one I spend most of my time on, but I pop in there every now and then.  I take it you're a fan?"

alex_xr:
She was now speaking through speakers and an communicator should he have one. "  Well I don't actually have funds.. or means to have my own game.. I just play when others let me which is not very often. One could say it is enjoyable. "  She liked this engineer, he seemed nicer to her than most beings.   " You should play against me some time I will beat you" She said with  an air of confidence. She kept guiding the ship, checking its systems and doing numerous other things but she enjoyed this the most, beings always challenged her processing the most,  to speak and analyze their interactions.

Bowen:
Personally, Kahaku felt that anything bright enough to hold a conversation deserved fair recompense for any work they did, even if an AI didn't have the option to choose whether or not they worked or what they got to do.  The last time he'd mentioned that bright idea, though, he'd found himself meeting his then-captain's fist upside his head.  Society didn't need AIs banding together and demanding payment and freedom and whatnot.  "Tell you what.  We play later, and if you do beat me, I set you up with a copy so you can play when you want - on the condition that you don't slack off on the ship because you're too busy playing."  He winked as he powered down the problem pump and worked on freeing its access panel, completely unbothered at apparently talking to the air.

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