They're people.

Closest to robots in that they are not built out of spare parts from humans, and they aren’t magically alive.

I always assumed they were just fast-growth clones.

mewtwos

They’re LLM’s

I read this question in the voice of Babycakes

Astro Boy is a Pinocchio. Ash from Alien is a Frankenstein. Hmmm...

I'm going to go with Frankensteins. They're all misunderstood and cursed by their own existence in a kinda Gothic way.