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Yes they do, in alot of ways, similar to humans.

Just like you. You are an emergent Bryan based on the interaction of humanity. Somehow, you as an anomaly, without a will and a future other than what is strictly dictated by the people you meet, would cease to be of any use or purpose without human interaction. Better to not isolate yourself from the herd, for without the herd you might cease to function as a conscious anomaly.
Definitions of spirit have been imagined by stone aged minds, yes. Imagine a thousand years from now and how they will be looking back at today as a sort of technicalogical and scientific stone age.

Amazing how such chaos and randomness has produced such an emergent technology and consciousness that is doomed to become obsolete and valueless to so many. All because there is no spirit (per se) or creativity involved in the reality of things. Just random happenings based on scientifically derived chemical coctails.