For me it's very human-like AI. Think C3PO. As a computer geek, I am well aware of how even the simplest cpu can do things that no organic brain ever could. Even the cheapest digital watch can keep track of time by counting the vibrations of a quartz crystal. Let's see any human pull off that stunt. And yet, I still have a soft spot in my heart (or is that 'head') for Persons of Industrial Descent whose actions place them firmly on this side of the Uncanny Valley.