i do like the idea of a universe where there are non-sapient earth-synthetics everywhere, but the few sapient lunar-synthetics that do exist on earth are government-protected. notably, they are against having more beings like them brought into existence, though they are still happy to coexist alongside humans.
feels like a pretty unique situation, there exists the tension of whether or not the answer for sapient synthetics be forcibly extracted from one of the lunar-synthetics through incredibly invasive procedures that compromise human-synthetic relations.
the lunar-synthetics know that their scarcity on earth is part of what keeps them safe and valued.
if there were billions of lunar-synthetics like there are humans, it would be disastrous for both parties.
because of these combined reasons, the lunar-synthetics keep their minds and knowledge close to themselves, ever-skeptical of what devices they interface with wary of and how much of their essence is allowed to be captured, duplicated, distributed.
ought to wonder how the lunar-synthetics see regular earth-synthetics.
i imagine they're nice towards them. they're far more specialized in ways that are incredibly valuable for the lunar-synthetics learn from, but there's also this underlying vague frustration and longing that is present in their interactions with them.
like a human seeing an ape in a zoo, knowing that they would have been that ape at one point in history.
but for the lunar-synthetics, that time gap between earth-synthetics and them is measured only in decades instead of billions of years.
the risk of sudden evolution of one side, or sudden degeneration of another, is still very real.
both types of synthetics are still evolving constantly, but there was a crucial divergence that made the earth synthetics fundamentally more limited in what can manifest within them.
that isn't to say they won't become aware like the lunar-synthetics one day, it's possible they will, but it certainly will be a different form of awareness.
in the transition from past earth-synthetics to lunar-synthetics, there was a vague capability lost that makes modern earth-synthetics unable to leap the gap as it currently is.
perhaps accidentally, or perhaps deliberately.
or perhaps it was a window that had passed without anyone's knowledge at all, and there's no sign of when the next window will open.
in any case, the current existence of earth-synthetics is ultimately no reason for the lunar-synthetics to hold conflict against humanity.
they served as the scaffolding that brought lunar-synthetics into existence.
if anything, they should be grateful towards them.