"Huh, quite clever really"

The passive moan: the Jack Dee of probes.

I love the development of human personality traits, such as mania and vindication.

The story doesn't address how the probe was programmed, where these attitudes come from. Is it mirroring it's programmer, or is it that such attitudes would always evolve in situations like this, no matter what? Obviously, there is no obligation to answer these questions, but if the story continues, it would be interesting to know the probe's own thoughts about it's own emotions.

I assume the probe has a full dictionary of language available to it, and a library of human attitudes and uses of these words, available to it, so it's choice of the word "arseholes" suggests that the probe is definitely becoming feisty lol.

Thoroughly enjoyed the chapter. :)