This type of argument leads me to believe that in the future people will complain that a strong AI isn't really sentient because we can see the algorithms and databases working.
Also, a lot of our culture is derived from previously corporate influences. Remember, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, and created the prize to make him look better in retrospect.
Junk culture is still culture, regardless of motivation. Eventually this sort of thing will inbreed, mutate and be sincere in it's own right.
