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!