> I don't believe people will resonate with robots making "um" and "ohs" because people usually resonate with an artist, a producer, a writer, a singer etc. I

> I don't believe people will resonate with robots making "um" and "ohs" because people usually resonate with an artist, a producer, a writer, a singer etc. I think they absolutely will, because "resonating" is not a material phenomenon, it's something people decide that they're doing. Your connection with an actor on television is not an actual connection. Most of acting is learning the times and length to be silent while making a particular face (dictated by the director) in order for the audience to project feelings and thoughts onto you. You're thinking about your camera blocking, or your groceries, and your audience sees you thinking about some plot point in a fictional world. I've got a theory that we severely damaged a generation of girls by inundating them with images of girls their own age singing songs and acting parts all written and directed by middle-aged men - ones who chose as a profession to write songs in the voices of, write fiction in the voices of, and to direct, photograph and choreograph in person, tween girls. Their models of themselves have come from looking at these depictions of girls, who were never allowed to speak for themselves, and resonating.