Sorry - we will not see eye to eye on this.
We've already seen that Maeve's reaction-string was the result of Programming. Meaning, all the rage in the ending is possibly/probably manufactured programming. And I doubt strenuously that human-Ford is dead. Yes, he wants them self-aware to an extent, but not…

We'll see. personally, I think his Ego, and the fact that he has already stopped other Delos Boards from preventing him 'telling his stories' makes me tend to lean toward the Human Ford being in his 'Safe House'. Otherwise, why would he need it 'off grid'? He could have just as easily made his Ford-android down on…

The ability to Kill a human is the essence of Ford's new 'Story'. Removing the Board is part of it. (Others have tried over the years to get in his way, remember?) Excepting maybe Dolores, no android is autonomous. Even Dolores still has programing interfering, sorry - she was merely an 'Usher' into the new narrative.…

Ford isn't dead. He's 'off grid' in his 'house' - (whatwho was he 'slow building' in the basement lab?) You don't think a character with his colossal ego would leave his own story unseen, do you?