Fics like To Learn and Be Wise

When BETA-13 had first introduced himself as Bio-Electronic Technical Automaton 13-20-12, Clancy had looked at him for along moment, as if his glasses gave him the power to read the pathways of a robot's silicon brain. "That's not a name. That's a designation." "Most people call me BETA-13. It's my initials. And I'm an experimental version released to the public." "A beta version," Clancy said, his voice toneless and flat, staring through his glasses at the screen. "My designers found it very amusing." "So your name is a joke?" Clancy didn't speak any further and had turned back to his work. BETA-13 was afraid he had offended him, and was sorry, but accepting. Humans didn't like robots much, outside the labs. That was just the way it was..