[quoting Deijmann, 26 May 99] Yes that's right but only until the eyes of a human meets the content, thinks about it, enlivens it with his feelings of amazement, irritation, excitement, than personalizes it and transforms the idea's into ideals that he wants to realize and acts on it. No computer or software will ever be able to replace that process.
Your point about a human's response that includes motivation is well taken. But just for the fun of finding examples, there are examples of computer software responding in approximately the way that you describe. There is the software that responds to the perceptions of an electronic eye, a sensor, that perceives information that is then translated into action (animates?).