Thank you so much for playing, and for the kind words :D I suppose it's up to interpretation if you are an AI or a human, I don't think it changes the story a lot to be honest.
I like to think they sent some poor bastard into deep space one way, using technology that was unthinkable in 1977: human hibernation. Something like a living repairman in case of breakdowns that Voyager cannot fix on its own without outside intervention.
