Hiro adds cheerfully: "Plus they've got appliances and everything." This is said very casually, like he hasn't turned each and every one of these appliances into a moving, semi-sentient robot.

Oh dear, poor Sam, answering the awkward questions. Hiro is only trying to help when he interjects: "Most organic species -- uh, the ones we eat -- have lower mental processing capabilities than humans? If...that helps?"