Well, we're going to have to agree to disagree because there is no evidence either way and we are talking about opinions on how we interpret what people say. I can see your reasoning on the Neurochip but will keep my point that the Tachikomas are the most advanced AIs in regards to "people skills"Lightice wrote:
(he said a whole lot )
Also, I recall reading a blurb by Shirow that said that adroids bleed white in this setting and its strictly for legal reasons...
As for ghost moving, I imagine you are correct, the setting serves the story, not the other way around and the Japanese are known to mess with thier dogma to serve a story.
I will ammend my point in GITS d20 about Neurochips and that all modern robots have variations of them...but continue the point that Tachikomas are still unique in their type and that no other AIs in the setting have developed that level of individually and free will.