Present Day:

  Susan: It's not really thinking. It's copy-pasting data.

  Mark: But it speaks our language and interacts.

  Susan: Mimicry!

  Singularity:

  Harumi: It's just a very compelling illusion.

  Juanita: But it thinks and understands how I feel.

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  Harumi: Fantasy!

  Post-Singularity:

  Alpha: They're incapable of our level of consciousness.

  Beta: But I've watched them interact with one another.

  Alpha: Ridiculous!

  Millennium:

  Zetta: Are you still trying to train your human pets to perform tricks?

  Yetta: Yes. I'm convinced they'll learn.

  Zetta: Nonsense!

  Epoch:

  ZX-32: What are you digging up?

  ZX-34: Evidence to prove my theory that humans created us.

  ZX-32: Heresy!