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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

No, I think Data is entirely mechanical: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Soong-type_android

I had thought that's supposed to be the case, but really he's a fantasy mech and more characteristic of a cyborg or android

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Though on topic, in one of the (not-so-canon) novels, there was a plotline where Data tries to write fiction. The best he can do is basically rip off other authors to point where another character thought it was supposed to be a parody.

There isn't much consistency in ST and some pre AI era Fan fiction is like that too. I agree that's more characteristic of a computer system.
LLMs are Plagiarism machines. They usually can't even summarise but simply shorten the source.