Quote Originally Posted by Magikazam View Post
The issue there being that we've seen similar being in ultima thule that are considered ''living beings''. I wouldn't consider it weird if it wasen't for the fact that AI and the inhabitant of UT are considered ''living'' in lore.
The people in Ultima Thule are entirely physical beings, who are shown able to grow and change with outside stimuli, even just during the MSQ spent there. The people in Living Memory are projections of stored memories from a computer, which also edits their memories to keep them "happy", or can freely switch them off to conserve power. They're about as alive as a boss's summoned adds.