"With its weapons and defences under the immediate control of a positronic brain, it would be more manoeuvrable than any manned ship. With no room necessary for

"With its weapons and defences under the immediate control of a positronic brain, it would be more manoeuvrable than any manned ship. With no room necessary for crewmen, for supplies, for water or air purifiers, it could carry more armour, more weapons and be more invulnerable than any ordinary ship. One ship with a positronic brain could defeat fleets of ordinary ships. Am I wrong?" -- Elijah Baley, "The Naked Sun", by Isaac Asimov