The Sophont  Trilogy

Meet Coppélia, a sentient and sapient sexbot. Discover the reason why she was created. Meet Paul, a sophont android given autonomy and an assignment that contravenes his programming. Meet space cruiser captain Holly Bryson, who notices something different about Coppélia and travels out of the solar system in search of the reason for the android's inconsistencies - and discovers proof of a concept that, as yet, only exists in astrophysicists minds.'