[SPOILERS] Dawntrail should get an ARR-style retcon in the post-MSQ

[Striker44]

If they are just programs then most of the second half of dawntrail is just roleplaying with chatbots...

I'd say more like roleplaying with Skynet, given that these particular chatbots have the ability to commit mass murder in order to get the aether they need to keep going...