One is certainly tempted to think so. But wind the clock back a few years. Did you notice them then? No, me neither. Who was talking about human NPCs? No one.

They were working jobs, driving cars, flying planes, hanging out with you on Friday nights, typing and clicking away in the next cubicle over, etc, etc. These are all complex activities. similar or even more complex than the ones you and I do every day. And we never noticed the difference.

The true picture is more subtle. You can see that the entire establishment is silent on this subject. They do not want us to know it exists, let alone understand it.

Given that they do not want us to understand, we should try to understand as fully as possible.