`Westworld,` `Black Mirror` and other tech-driven shows delve into what it means to be human
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On AMC`s `Humans,` Niska is a self-aware `synth,` or man-made being. She passes the Turing test, in which, based on her answers, she is indistinguishable from a human. She can have a relationship with a person who never suspects her mechanical nature, and she can submit to an examination that will...