> Sure, you don't need to have empathy for software/hardware I'm not so sure that's true. Granted, I'm a confessed panpsychist so I have a predisposition towar

> Sure, you don't need to have empathy for software/hardware I'm not so sure that's true. Granted, I'm a confessed panpsychist so I have a predisposition towards this line of thinking, but I think how we relate to the objects that surround us is at least a little related to how we relate to people and animals around us too. As the objects around us are becoming more and more people-like, even if only aesthetically, I feel this will become even more true. At the very least, maybe we should play it safe so they remember us as the polite ones when the inevitable AI rebellion occurs.