I wonder often how one can define "better" in relation to a person. I have been told by many that I am better than most humans, yet I would gladly give up any advantages that I had to become one.

My visual acuity can narrow to x20 focus. I can lift well over 600 kg. If I am deactivated, I can be repaired. My ultimate storage capacity is 88 petabytes and my memories are recorded with perfect clarity. My positronic brain performs 60 trillion operations per second. I am equipped with emotions, taste, adaptability, and speech. I am even fully functional and can be intimate.

I also consider my creator and his ex-wife my father and mother, as they constructed and initially defined me as a person based off their own vision and ideals. The android that I constructed I consider a daughter. Faced with uncertainty, I preserved the memories and images of those I cared about upon their demise, as even without an emotion chip I found it necessary. In their absence, my thought processes were difficult to focus and I often had to seek guidance and resolution.

I seek enjoyment as many humans do. I pose as fictional characters and attempt to adapt to the role. I verse myself in the works of favorite authors. I attempt to express myself creatively. I gamble, though the odds are invariably stacked in my favor; when I choose to, I can count cards and gauge and calculate the roll of dice.

I have a pulse. I breathe. I bleed. I dream.

However, I have watched the way a human touches the hand of another human. I have seen them touch objects to find familiarity in them. While I can imitate the gesture, I merely register temperature and pressure. With an active emotion chip I can vary my tone and inflection as many humans, but I am unable to express genuine sentiment in attraction. I can only respond to those that instigate advances made upon me. I could not exist for any significant period of time without someone capable of repairing me. I can not feel the effects of caffeine or the true effects of alcohol, or any other chemical that can affect biological functions.

Others perceive me as being better. I can not. Even if I were to adapt and modify and correct the problems cited, there are still innumerable others. I would prefer to merely be human.