Rod started to address Rachel but she interrupted him.
“Yes, you may call me Rachel.”
Rufus chipped in too.
“And you can call me Rufus.”
Rod was glad to have that cleared up. He carried on with his question to Rachel.
“Now, Rachel. Your relationship with Coppélia wasn’t as close as that of Karen, but you did have experience of the android. What do you think? Is Coppélia a person? Can an android be a person?”
Rachel thought for a second before answering.
“I don’t know that I’d call her a person, but she’s not your average android either. She certainly has feelings. That makes her sentient, I suppose. But there’s something else about her too. I think it could be argued that she’s sapient.”
Rod thought he’d better clarify some terminology.
“So what’s the difference between ‘sentient’
