Corrected entry: AVP contradicts the continuity of the previous "Alien" films by having Lance Henriksen appear as "Charles Bishop Weyland". According to director Paul Anderson, Weyland is supposed to be the human inspiration for the Bishop android, later built buy his company in Weyland's image. Lance Henriksen has already played the human creator of the Bishop android (Bishop II) in Alien 3, which is set several hundred years in the future. Bishop II is undeniably human - 1) He bleeds red blood when struck in the head. 2) The fact that he is truly human is stated in the commentary from the Special Edition included with the "Alien Quadrilogy" (the statement applies to either cut of the film). 3) The novelization of Alien 3 makes it clear that Bishop II is indeed human. From page 217: "The pipe landed hard on Bishop II's head. The impact was spongy. The man staggered, twitching...Real blood poured from Bishop II's cracked skull."
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Correction: It's conceivable that Bishop II is a clone of the original, hence the II. He might believe he's the original, but that doesn't make it so.
Kirill Ostapenko