[quote=@The Harbinger of Ferocity]
Considering the divergence technology took in the genre, androids seem only appropriate at large, just in that tier outside of reach for the majority. As I noted before, I could easily see compromised models existing in the criminal underground, either salvaged and pieced together out of others in the vein of Frankenstein by some particularly talented deckers and techies for their gang ventures, while on the other side the wealthy elite have some here and there. Related to this, given the majority of it is focused on the people and their cybernetic enhancements that turn them from effective meat into cyborgs, I suspect most robots are primitive and simple minded. Say, vending devices more advanced than what we see today in our own, but far more crude and block-like.
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Just from what I've read about it, it seems like the world has made artificial intelligence (and even outright human cloning) that would be impossible in this day and age. But cellphones are going to look and weigh as much as a concrete block. Least from how I'm interpreting the sources I'm reading...

In the 2nd Chromebook, it goes into the concept of full body conversions which basically replaces all the human parts with robotic ones effectively making you a robot as is. Though with the negative of "Cyberpsychosis" were you loss humanity/empathy and see people as lesser beings as a result. So I guess, simple in the way of losing the complexities of human emotions perhaps...

I tried looking for more information on cloning and AI, since I know it's there, but didn't happen to find what I needed. All I can really find is comments on its Reddit page, and articles about it.

[quote]Cyberpunk 2020 is all about the diminishing humanity of the player, as they add more and more cyberware and become more and more machine, and trying to figure out where the line between man and machine is. Even at the most machine-like, becoming a full body conversion, the player still retains their brain and brainstem, and thus a small sliver of humanity. While the Net definitely does have actual, full-fledged AI in it, AI-driven humanoid (or otherwise) bodies have never really been a big part of 2020. That's not to say it wouldn't be a possibility. It just hasn't been what the game is about.[/quote]

I guess if the biggest concern is not entirely knowing the answer to the question of "How in-depth is the cloning and AI technology? If they can perfectly replicate human brains, would they be on-par with/similar to replicants?"

I won't be a prude and argue over semantics. I can always change the character to a "full-body conversion" type. If that would raise less concern, though I sort of already kind of had a mostly non-empathetic personality to begin with. So either honestly fits...

I guess the more I know about how we're setting everything up, and how a certain character connects to every player character. I'll be able to piece together a believable backstory/timeline.