Yeah, at least reading through the first few pages of people posting I didn't expect so many people to joke about it or dodge the question.

Not really sure if they just don't have a definitive answer to what the OP brought up, or if they're simply insecure about the possibility of something like this, potentially, being a reality years down the line. We've already seen robots which can deal with basic cognitive functions like reacting to being touched, knocked over, or acknowledging someone's voice (which you can find Youtube videos of). It's only a matter of time before all of the brilliant scientists out there keep pushing forward this kind of technology finding new ways to simulate human (or sentient) behavior in AI programming.