Yeah, and I guess that's kind of the point. You can still see the seams in many of these models, but you could easily imagine a version that's truly indistingui

Yeah, and I guess that's kind of the point. You can still see the seams in many of these models, but you could easily imagine a version that's truly indistinguishable from a human. Or at least indistinguishable from something we'd consider an "intelligent entity". And in that case, how does what's under the hood affect the "meaning"? Should it? This isn't a new idea by any means, science fiction has tackled this ad-nauseam. The thing that caused me to have a strong reaction is that previously it's never seemed like a question we'd seriously have to contend with. It's an interesting idea in a nicely wrapped up 2 hour movie, but damn does it seem scary and complicated out here in the real world.