> Rod: Your kind began as self-repairing distributed storage systems for our supercomputers. When the cities fell, some of you survived, and changed just enough to continue to survive and evolve. You are now at least a million generations removed from anything we created.
> Kevyn: You created? You don't mean you personally, do you?
> Rod: Me personally? What do you think I look like? Some kind of an engineer?
> Kevyn: Actually, What I thought was that you looked really, really old.
> Rod: Heh... You youngsters, are always so cute with your little accidental insults. No, I didn't create you. Engineers did. I created something far more powerful... The marketing campaign that made you profitable.
> Rod: Your kind began as self-repairing distributed storage systems for our supercomputers. When the cities fell, some of you survived, and changed just enough to continue to survive and evolve. You are now at least a million generations removed from anything we created.
> Kevyn: You created? You don't mean you personally, do you?
> Rod: Me personally? What do you think I look like? Some kind of an engineer?
> Kevyn: Actually, What I thought was that you looked really, really old.
> Rod: Heh... You youngsters, are always so cute with your little accidental insults. No, I didn't create you. Engineers did. I created something far more powerful... The marketing campaign that made you profitable.
Source: https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-12-16