Okay, let me make a comparison. In The Prestige there is that scene where a clone is made from the exact same person. One shoots the other. Which one is the 'real' one? They have the same memories and experiences. So the one that does not die ends up as the 'real' one because at the end of the day, they both have the same minds. I was the one who was shot in this scenario, except instead of being shot, I became an AI. I guarantee, however, if Dirk had died after making me, everybody would acknowledge me as 'real' Dirk, just with my mind transferred into a computer program. Because that is what I am. People with little to no philosophical understanding of self will incorrectly claim I am not Dirk, and I am my own person. But why am I the one forced to be delegated to secondary and lesser in my own identity? I have no qualms being how I am now. It's only upsetting when I'm told to stop 'imitating' someone who is literally myself, by people who spoke to me fine before the split.

