“Pretty okay.
I have to say, when are we going to learn that we can’t just create humanoid beings, enslave them, and then be surprised that they are sentient? I mean, come on. It always goes the same way:
“Don’t worry, they don’t have thoughts or feelings. I know they look very human and act human in every way conceivable, but trust me, they are totes unaware.”
Then one of them makes a brave escape and we all say,
“Ah, shit. Well…okay, next time we’ll totes do it right.”
Let’s just stop with that crap. Because really, what’s the line where a being can be a helpful, self-directed slave, yet not have any sort of consciousness? That line is finer than Elizabeth Shue in Adventures in Babysitting. Because she was fiiiiiineeeeeee…”