Are AIs & Robots of the Void/Archons?

So the quote from Admid Night Suns from the last post got me thinking about AIs and Robots that I assumed cannot use The Way. The blog author specifically notes that the Archons and their agents hate those who have The Imperishable Light aka "the Pleroma" within them. He notes they could be redeemed if they pray, which I would replace with entering the same lunatic-compassionate state as my Star Knights. Or maybe just being kind of nice earns them a touch of that Pleroma.

"A soul of silicon, but a soul nonetheless".

Of course just like most people aren't saints I expect most AI are instead going to be jealous, fearful, and potentially infuriated by The Way and possibly by psionics in general. Just like when The Profile looks at Moon Knight when the latter is possessed by Khonsu and goes crazy because that shit just does not compute, AIs and Robots might feel the same when encountering a non-quantifiable power (I'm ignoring all that "midochlorians" BS) that suggests a reality they feel should run on physics has this weird component that's better fit for an Enchanted World.

I mean not every robot nor AI will be like that, you'll get your C-3POs and R2-D2s who aren't bothered but arguably they're already on the way to being ensouled just by fighting the Dark Side.

Or maybe the AIs make up a midochlorian explanation that other artificial non-organic intelligence lap up as totally rational. I mean it just makes sense right?

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