In the earlier novel,”We Can Build You”,they are still mechanical constructs,but pose no threat to humanity,because they are possessed of greater sentinence than the organic robots who lack empathy.Their seemingly apparent historicity,humanity and empathy however,is,like their induced memories,false and superficial,but are oblivious of this so still act and believe they are human beings.Their malaisse is comparable to that of mental illness,but unlike her,the’re capable of deeper human feeling,but both seem to live under the delusion of real humanity.Here it becomes difficult to differentiate between machines and human beings.Mentally and physically,she is closer to the androids ,but both she and the robots,seem to live under the delusion of real humanity.Even the robots’ artificial belief in their humanity,I suppose,is preferable to her condition.