Pokémon like Porygon and Metagross – due to their technological nature (and mind), do they thing differently than other ‘Mon?

Yes, actually, but not in the same way. For the most part, the porygon line thinks very much like people, but they’re by and large highly obedient and a bit inclined to … think highly of their trainers, to put it politely. This is because they were created by humans, so they were, well, programmed to be like that. Porygon-Z is the exception: while it still retains human-like intelligence, it’s far more unpredictable. Researchers aren’t quite sure why, but I personally believe it might have been an experiment in AI sentience gone a bit awry.

Metagross, meanwhile, is indeed essentially a living supercomputer, but its origins aren’t human in nature. Consequently, it’s a bit more alien in mindset, which of course goes into the challenge of training one. It’s impressive how non-universal something like morality can be, especially when comparing the moral compass of the general human population to that of, say, a rampaging mega metagross.

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