"[The AI] said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...]
"'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' [it] continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too."
No, I took some artistic liberties with the words of an evil human, Karl Rove: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community
“Yes, it's comforting to know, when you think about it, that only man can be a bastard”
― Stanisław Lem