Parent never mentioned embodiment. All of your examples still depict AIs as "independent agents that act kind of like humans". A genuine example of "inhuman fo

Parent never mentioned embodiment. All of your examples still depict AIs as "independent agents that act kind of like humans". A genuine example of "inhuman force" AI might be Bruce Sterling's short story Maneki Neko. But even then, the AI has motive. Such stories are difficult to come by.