It explores the horror of dehumanised machine intelligence pretty effectively: I like the internal viewpoint. And the random surge at the very end is extremely interesting. An emergent spark of emotion, or just a short circuit?

An almost human description of his/its cold calculation of its own possible moment of empathy. Lots of grammar stuff that winds up distracting, mostly tense changes from present to past and back , as well as some ‘comma splices’. Could use some cleaning, but the dispassionate curiosity comes through nicely.

Creepy with the twisted ending. I liked the metaphors used in the beginning despite its being a little wordy.

And welcome to Ficly! :)

But… he was supposed to let her live…
The descriptions are good, but jumbled. I think some spacing would help a great deal, or a little pruning of a few bits and bobs. I love that he nearly feels pain and the sequence of assessment stalls him long enough to consider the woman. That is where this piece shines.