I'm not familiar with Westworld, but this is really interesting commentary!

Have you read 'A Closed and Common Orbit' (it's a sequel to 'The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet' and probably wouldn't make much sense without having read that, but the AI character is much more prominent in the second book)? If so, I'd love to know what you thought of the author's handling of the trope--if not, it seems like something that might be up your alley.