Yes and my implication was that if we replaced those TLA agents with an AGI then the "Interesting. Please continue." might not be asked by a human, or at all b

Yes and my implication was that if we replaced those TLA agents with an AGI then the "Interesting. Please continue." might not be asked by a human, or at all because it is "just" (merely, not barely) static. Here is the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeUuFHGj6TM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeUuFHGj6TM.