Quote Originally Posted by Rin_Sato View Post
If they are just programs then most of the second half of dawntrail is just roleplaying with chatbots...
Pretty much, ChatBots that have been programmed with the memories of a previously living people to give the impression of life. I mean, Chatbots can seem sentient too if they have machine learning, right? (They also turn bizarrely prejudicial when drawing from the internet lol but let’s assume we have the technology to perfect it).

It’s basically FFXIV Black Mirror lol. They look and seem human, but that’s only because of the technology at play being highly advanced. I mean, if the Endless were truly sentient then Cahciua or Krile’s parents could’ve just pulled the plug on themselves or willed themselves to shut down, right? They could conceptualise the idea but their programming wouldn’t let them actualise it