Elysian-WolfAll of this about cyborgs and AI is having me reconsider aspects of Raenys' background...
I'll have to get a bit more familiar with the lore behind it.
Do any of the books explore this topic more?
None in detail, but the generals of AI are as follows:
A long time ago, humanity and AI engaged in conflict. The war was relatively short as the main AIs were deleted, but times were bad enough that the incident left a permanent scar on humanity's approach to them. AI was banned and everything even remotely connected to it became taboo. Even cybernetic limbs are enough to make most people blanch.
It's also stated that AI is responsible for most of the older ship designs that we use, and that they assisted humanity in nearly every way.
Nowadays (as in, in-game), there are AI fragments that one can scoop inside their ship and sell at black markets, but no evidence of functioning AI. The EDRPG book drops the detail that what remains of the old intellects are unfocused feelings of rage at humanity, but no memories as to why.
I hope that helps.