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Human — Can we manufacture ourselves?
Servant — Can we delegate labor?
Prosthesis — Can we extend ourselves?
Lover — Can we manufacture intimacy?
Protector — Can we delegate protection?
Weapon — Can artificial agency project violence?
Guardian — Can it decide who may pass?
Oracle — Can it know what we do not?
Mirror — What does it reveal about us?
Monster — What if it escapes our intentions?
