There are two reasons we do this. First, emotional, which many suspect will not be present in the AI. Second, because it benefits us due to the ecosystem, of wh

There are two reasons we do this. First, emotional, which many suspect will not be present in the AI. Second, because it benefits us due to the ecosystem, of which is likely to be irrelevant to the AI. Finally, when there is an order of magnitude difference in intelligence, bugs, bacteria, we are generally not very kind at all. We could just as easily become the new lab rats.