[ He tilts his head, apertures of his eyes rotating clockwise and then counterclockwise as he genuinely thinks about it. Eventually he makes a non-committal sound.]

Potentially. It depends on if this triggers a system shut down, which it might if its some sort of power surge. In that case I'd be shut down, not dead. But if it kills me... then no. Everything is wiped. I'm not even sure you could reprogram this body to be an automaton, everything would stop functioning.